The development trend of flame retardant industry in China is breaking through
- time:
- 2019-05-11
The flame retardant industry is increasingly developing into a globalized industry. On the one hand, many flame retardant companies are participating in worldwide trade. The competition in the industry is not limited to the competition of enterprises in a certain country or region, but between the participants in the global market. On the other hand, the flame retardant regulations in a country or region often have an impact on the global industry rules.
It is understood that in order to sell their products to as many countries and regions as possible, manufacturers of export-oriented products tend to adopt the most stringent national flame retardant standard formulations, which promotes the development of the whole industry chain of flame retardant products worldwide.
According to the investigation report of the flame retardant industry, China began to study the synthesis and application of ammonium polyphosphate in the 1980s. In recent years, the development is particularly rapid. In 2003, the domestic ammonium polyphosphate consumption reached 80,000 tons, while in 2012 it reached 26,000 tons, showing a continuous growth trend.
It is reported that China's consumption of flame retardants in 2012 was about 474,000 tons, of which the proportion of phosphorus-based flame retardants ** was about 179,000 tons, up from 90,000 tons in 2008, with a growth rate of 16.4%. There are many reasons for the rapid growth of the phosphorus-containing flame retardant market. We believe that the most important reason is the high price of brominated flame retardants, which is the main competitor, followed by the downstream market, and the third is the impact of policies and regulations.
Firstly, the rising price of brominated flame retardants leads to the rapid growth of phosphorus-containing flame retardants. Global brominated flame retardant giants are concentrated in Abbott, Kojua and ICL. Since 2010, the three major companies have continuously increased their prices of flame retardants and bromine-related products. As the price of brominated flame retardants keeps rising, it will inevitably stimulate the consumption of phosphorus-containing flame retardants and promote the growth of the consumption market of phosphorus-containing flame retardants.
Secondly, the rapid development of the downstream industry has led to the consumption growth of phosphorus-containing flame retardants. Halogenated phosphates and halogenated phosphates account for 74% of the total consumption of phosphorus-containing flame retardants in China. They are mainly used in building insulation materials, fire-retardant coatings, adhesives, copper clad laminates, composite materials, etc. Halogenated phosphates are widely used in PC/abs alloys, and ammonium polyphosphate is mainly used in fire-retardant coatings and general plastics (7950, -120.00, -1.49%) (9405, 5.00). (0.05%); hypophosphite is mainly used in engineering plastics such as polyamide and polyester; red phosphorus flame retardant is mainly used in engineering plastics and general plastics; phosphorus phenanthrene flame retardant is mainly used in copper clad laminates.
In a word, no matter how China's flame retardant industry develops, it still needs to rely on market development. Moreover, with the strengthening of national requirements for flame retardant technology, phosphorus flame retardants will continue to play a steady role in the future development with their price advantages.
