随着当今世界科技日新月异，新技术，新工艺对传统的模具加工有了更高的要求。许多模具制造企业加工的产品也正在向精密模具转移。在模具行业的“十二五”中，也明确将制造精密模具定为未来5年的发展目标之一。对于制造精密模具而言，电火花加工是非常可靠、有效的加工方法。新形势下，市场对模具制造的要求越来越高，新技术新设备的应用促进了国内模具制造行业的发展，逐渐缩小了与国际先进模具制造地区的差距，但在模具技术和管理水平上还有很多方面需要加以提高。
With the rapid development of science and technology in today's world, new technology and new technology have higher requirements for traditional die processing. The products processed by many die manufacturing enterprises are also shifting to precision dies. In the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" of the die industry, it is also clear that manufacturing precision die will be one of the development goals in the next five years. For manufacturing precision die, EDM is a very reliable and effective processing method. Under the new situation, the market demands for die manufacturing are getting higher and higher. The application of new technology and equipment promotes the development of domestic die manufacturing industry and gradually narrows the gap with international advanced die manufacturing areas. However, there are still many aspects to be improved in die technology and management level.
为了加强竞争力，国外模具钢的生产从分散趋向于集中，多家公司进行跨国合并。为了更好地进行竞争，这些公司都建成了完善的、技术先进的模具钢生产线和模具钢科学研究基地，形成了几个世界著名的工模具生产和科研中心，以满足迅速发展的模具工业。现在我国模具行业通过引进外资，吸收了国外模具制造的先进经验、先进技术及高水平人才，我国模具的设计和制造水平有了很大提高。大力加强自主创新，各行业在转变增长方式、优化产业结构上，都更加需要高水平的模具机械装备，为模具产业的发展提供广阔的发展空间。国家工信部也提出制造业单项冠军的概念，模具产业是为其他产业做支撑的，专家认为模具企业要长久发展下去就要专注于细分领域，精心研究制造，力争细分领域市场占有绝对优势。
In order to strengthen competitiveness, the production of die steel abroad tends to be centralized from decentralization, and many companies merge across borders. In order to compete better, these companies have built perfect and advanced die steel production line and die steel scientific research base, and formed several world-renowned die and mould production and research centers to meet the rapid development of the die and mould industry. At present, China's die and mould industry has absorbed advanced experience, advanced technology and high-level talents of foreign die and mould manufacturing through the introduction of foreign capital, and the design and manufacturing level of our die and mould has been greatly improved. Great efforts should be made to strengthen independent innovation. In order to change the mode of growth and optimize the industrial structure, all industries need more high-level mould machinery and equipment, which will provide a broad space for the development of the mould industry. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has also proposed the concept of single champion in manufacturing industry. Mold industry is to support other industries. Experts believe that if mould enterprises want to develop for a long time, they should concentrate on subdividing areas, study and manufacture carefully, and strive to occupy an absolute advantage in subdividing areas.