Jiangsu Haifa Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

In May 2026, China's Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) stood at 50.0%, down 0.3 percentage points from the previous month, exactly at the boom-or-bust line. This indicates that the overall manufacturing is operating steadily, but the momentum for expansion has slowed. Among the sub-indices, the Production Index was 51.2%, still in expansion territory; the New Orders Index fell to 49.9%, dropping below the threshold; and the Raw Materials Inventory was 48.6%, indicating that enterprises' raw material inventories continue to decline. The PMI for large enterprises 51.1%, while small and medium-sized enterprises were below the threshold, suggesting a structural divergence in the current manufacturing climate.

From the perspective of chemical pump procurement, a PMI of 50.0% indicates that industry demand has not significantly contracted, but the pace of procurement will be more cautious. Chemical pumps fall under equipment investment and spare parts procurement categories, and their procurement index is typically influenced by the operating rates of industries such as petrochemicals, coal chemicals, fine chemicals, environmental water treatment, and new energy materials. When the Production Index remains above the threshold, it means existing installations are still running, ensuring stable demand for maintenance pumps, spare pumps, mechanical seals, bearings, impellers, and other products. However, the decline in the New Orders suggests that new projects, expansions, and large-scale equipment procurement may slow down, with customers leaning toward on-demand, batch, and price-comparison procurement.

Currently, chemical pump procurement exhibits three characteristics. First, rigid maintenance demand persists. Petrochemical and chemical installations operate continuously and cannot completely halt spare parts procurement due to market fluctuations. Therefore, there remains stable replacement demand for process pumps, magnetic pumps, vertical sump pumps, metering pumps, self-priming pumps, and others. Second, procurement for new projects places greater emphasis on cost-effectiveness. Amid weak demand and cost pressures, customers focus more on pump efficiency, delivery times, after-sales service, lifecycle costs rather than simply comparing quotes. Third, opportunities remain for high-end and pumps. Although the overall PMI has weakened, equipment manufacturing and high-tech manufacturing show relatively stronger resilience, driving continued demand for chemical pumps with high-temperature, high, corrosion-resistant,-free, low-cavitation, and intelligent monitoring capabilities.

Therefore, the current chemical pump procurement index can be assessed as follows: overall, it is in a stable but cautious range, around 50; maintenance spare parts demand is stable, procurement for new projects is slowing, and demand for high-end specialized pumps is relatively stronger.

For chemical pump enterprises, the subsequent sales strategy should shift from "waiting for project procurement" to "focusing on installation maintenance, energy-saving retrofits, domestic substitution, and rapid delivery." In product design, emphasis should be placed on high efficiency and energy savings, corrosion and wear resistance, sealing, adaptability to complex media, and intelligent monitoring capabilities. The current market does not lack demand; rather, customers are more rational in their procurement. Those who can provide reliable selection, technical solutions, and long-term operational guarantees are more likely to secure orders.

Jiangsu Haifa Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. was restructured from Jingjiang Stainless Steel Pump and Valve Factory of the Iron and Steel Research Institute of the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry, Jiangsu Ligong Group Co., Ltd., established in 1958. The company primarily produces API610 chemical process pumps - OH1 pumps, OH2 pumps, OH3 pumps, OH4 pumps, BB1 pumps, BB2 pumps, BB3, BB4, BB5 multistage pumps, VS1, VS4, VS5, VS6 barrel pumps, HES-type chemical process pumps, chemical pumps, petrochemical pumps, sixth-generation ultra-low carbon steel high-quality leak-free molten urea pumps, urea hydrolyzer feed pumps, high-temperature asphalt pumps, pitot tube pumps, rotary jet pumps, small-flow high-head pumps, multistage vortex pumps, high-temperature molten salt pumps, high-temperature nitric acid pumps, vertical sump pumps, magnetic pumps, low-temperature liquid hydrogen and methanol pumps, high-pressure liquid hydrogen pumps, high-temperature nitric acid magnetic drive pumps, magnetic pumps for conveying solid-containing media, industrial pumps, canned motor pumps, slurry pumps, titanium tetrachloride pumps, strong self-priming pumps, PTFE-lined pumps, sandwich PTFE-lined pumps, leak-free pumps, desulfurization and denitrification pumps, alkali pumps, pumps, geothermal pumps, oil pumps, axial flow pumps, printing and dyeing pumps, dyeing and finishing pumps, Ti alloy pumps, C-276 material, Hastelloy,316L material, 347 material, forced circulation pumps, fourth-generation nuclear pumps, nuclear island pumps, specialized pumps for filter presses, refrigerant pumps, long-shaft vertical sump pumps, CQC first-level energy efficiency chemical pumps, high-pressure descaling industrial pumps, chemical pumps. www.jslgpump.com Tel: 13905263417 E-mail: jslgpump@gmail.com E-mail: jsareva@163.com