液位计产业过度扩张严重，市场环境恶化，虽然总需求逐年均有所增长，但远赶不上供给能力增长，恶性竞争日趋激烈。造成如今局面的原因之一就是一些液位计产业领域投资过多，造成产能过剩。据仪器仪表行业联合会重点企业的抽样调查显示，2013年前这与前些年通常高达20%以上的增幅相比，回落很大，“突出表现在目前的需求形势仍处于比较低迷的状态”。“尤其是近年投资高速增长的液位计产业等行业，价格战将难以缓解。”事实上，除技术尚未过关、至今仍然未能实现国产化的少数装备外，大多数液位计产品当前都面临供过于求、恶性竞争的煎熬。当前液位计产业的矛盾已不是需求不足，而是同质化产能扩大过快。“只要供过于求，供方就没有话语权。要避免在没有话语权的市场挣扎，就必须走差异化竞争之路;只有做到在某一领域能人所不能，才能造就局部领域供不应求的局面，获取*平均水平的利润率。”因此，要改变液位计产业目前局面必须从全产业链各个环节着手，对长期形成的现有产业结构进行调整，尤其是要抑制同质化产能盲目扩张，增强“软”能力，变追求产品的“大、重”为“精、细、灵”。专家认为，竞争将使液位计生产企业优胜劣汰日趋加剧：那些自主创新意识强、有关键零部件供应主动权、较快实现产品升级、具有核心竞争力的液位计生产企业有望脱颖而出迅速崛起，而产品和工艺都没有特色和优势的企业将面临效益不断下滑乃至消亡的困境。这一观点在整个行业内部得到印证。
英文版本：
excessive expansion of serious industrial liquid level gauge, the deteriorating market environment, although the total demand has increased year by year, but far away from the supply capacity growth, malignant competition. one cause of the now situation is some level of industry investment too much, resulting in excess capacity. according to the instrumentation industry association affiliated enterprises focus on the sample survey, 2013 this years typically up to more than 20% growth compared to fall, great, outstanding performance is still in the doldrums in the present demand situation. especially in recent years, the rapid growth in investment project level of industry and other industries, the price war is difficult to solve. in fact, besides the technology does not pass a test, still failed to achieve a few high-end equipment localization, most liquid level meter products currently are facing the pile up in excess of requirement, vicious competition. shortage of current level meter industry has not demand, but the homogenization of capacity expansion too fast. as long as the pile up in excess of requirement, the supplier has no right of discourse. to avoid the struggle with no voice market, it must follow the difference of competitive road; only do in the field not capable, in order to create local field demand situation, obtain higher than the industry average profit rate. therefore, to change the level meter industry present situation must start from each link of the whole industry chain, carry on the adjustment to the existing industrial structure form for a long time, especially to inhibit the homogenization of the blind expansion of production capacity, enhance the soft ability, become the pursuit of product , as fine, fine, spirit. the expert thinks, competition will make the liquid level gauge production enterprises in the survival of the fittest intensifies day by day: the independent innovation consciousness is strong, with a level of initiative, quickly to achieve product upgrading, .with the core competitiveness of the supply of key parts and components production enterprises talent showing itself is expected to rise rapidly, and product and process are not characteristics and advantages of enterprises will face benefits decline and even extinction dilemma. this view has been confirmed in the whole industry.