Evolution Situation of Flame Retardants in China in 2015
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- 2019-05-13
Local time, July 18, news, California, the United States, gale-fuelled wildfires across the 15 freeway Canyon link between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, by 6 p.m. has burned 3,500 acres of land. Fire fighters sprinkle orange flame retardants to help put out the fire. Apart from the damaged cars on Highway 15, at least five homes were burned nearby, 50 houses were threatened and no one was injured.
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. With the strengthening of national requirements for flame retardant technology, scale flame retardants will continue to play a role of steady development with their price advantages in the future development.
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 the competition among the participants in the global market. On the other hand, the flame retardant regulations in a country or region often affect the whole world. Industry rules have an impact. For example, manufacturers of end products such as electronic consumer goods, even though there are no mandatory regulations on flame retardant products in the countries and regions where they are registered, if their products are to be sold to the international market, they must pass the flame retardant standards of the selling or importing countries. Therefore, 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.
