China’s total output of various plastic additives ranks first in the world

According to the latest data of China Plastics Processing Industry Association, from January to September 2019, the total output of enterprises in China’s plastics industry was 59.9361 million tons, up 4.12% year-on-year, 3.86 percentage points higher than the same period of last year.

According to the introduction, resin, additives, processing equipment (including mold) are indispensable basic elements in the molding process of plastic products. In contrast, the proportion of additives in the plastic formula is less than 8%, but it plays an important role in improving the processing and application performance of products. It can be said that after the polymer resin structure is determined, the selection and application of additives is the key to the success or failure of products.

It is reported that after years of efforts, China’s production of plastic additives for industrial varieties, special or special functions has gradually increased, and great progress has been made in the renewal of green environmental protection additives, cleaner production, process improvement, etc. China’s total output of all kinds of plastic additives ranks first in the world, with the most complete varieties. Up to now, the consumption of plastic additives in China is about 6 million tons, including nearly 3 million tons of plasticizers, 500000 tons of heat stabilizers, 400000 tons of flame retardants, 400000 tons of impact modifiers and processing aids, 160000 tons of foaming agents, 200000 tons of lubricants, 200000 tons of antioxidants, 45000 tons of light stabilizers, coupling agents and antistatic agents. The environmental protection products of plasticizers and heat stabilizers have a rapid growth, while the non environmental protection products have a shrinking trend, while the other varieties are the same.

Influenced by factors such as international trade environment and tight implementation of domestic environmental protection policies, China’s plastic additives industry will face many challenges. Some important key raw materials are controlled by foreign enterprises. Domestic related enterprises need to make more efforts in core technology research and development, intellectual property protection, green safety and environmental protection.

Zhu Wenwei, President of China Plastics Processing Industry Association, suggested that we should adhere to the concept of ecological development and improve the production capacity of green environmental protection additives. “With the promotion of environmental protection policies and environmental protection standards, the development of some enterprises that use traditional backward production equipment and low-level process technology is limited, while the technology reserve is sufficient, the research and development capacity is strong, and the technology innovation, clean production and environment are emphasized Environmental protection and leading production enterprises seize new development opportunities. Enterprises must firmly establish the concept of ecological development and improve the development capacity of cleaner production and green environmental protection additives. ”

At present, there are many small and micro enterprises in the plastic additives industry, with low technology level, poor product quality control ability, and difficult government supervision. At the same time, the sales of low-end and even unqualified products damage the overall image of the industry. The industry believes that enterprises should adhere to the quality development strategy and improve the brand competition of additives. The industry should enhance the awareness of quality and brand development, actively participate in the formulation and revision of national, industrial and group standards, deepen the action of “three products”, make efforts to improve quality, increase varieties, create brands and quality products manufacturing, establish benchmark enterprises in the industry, support excellent backbone enterprises that strictly follow the standard production, pay attention to product quality, implement environmental protection transformation and invest in technology research and development Make demonstration, share experience and drive the high-quality development of the industry.