Sustainable Development of Silicone Industry in China
2021-01-04
It was reported on March 19 that CATL is considering a site selection for a US$5 billion battery factory, which will eventually employ as many as 10,000 workers. CATL executives reportedly flew to Mexico for a meeting earlier this month. CATL’s new North American plant will produce nickel-manganese-cobalt and lithium iron phosphate batteries to supply Tesla and other automakers, two people familiar with the matter said. However, Ningde Times has not responded to this news. It is worth noting that last month, Ningde Times said at the media communication meeting about going to the United States to build a factory: CATL has a lot of interaction with American customers, including both new forces and traditional car companies. The two sides jointly discussed various possible supply and cooperation plans, as well as the possibility of localized production, but the specific situation needs to consider worker training, The impact of factors such as efficiency and labor unions on quality and cost.
Some people use "Lian Po is old" to describe the silicone industry in the 21st century. Indeed, after all kinds of attempts and failures, the silicone industry is struggling, and many veteran veterans have the heart to retire, not to mention the newcomers who have just entered the industry. However, it is precisely because the failure of the early stage has brought a wealth of experience to the later development, "lessons learned from the past, and future generations". On the whole, the integration of the domestic silicone industry is quietly underway, and the growth period will usher in a sustainable maturity. period.
Sustainability of 1. downstream products
Silicone products more, usually the industry silicone downstream products are divided into four categories: silicone rubber, silicone resin, silicone oil and silane coupling agent, by China's textile, electronics, medical, daily chemical and other end industry distribution, demand, silicone rubber in the silicone downstream products occupy half of the country.
Relying on its better characteristics, silicone rubber has gradually been accepted by the product industry and has gradually become popular rubber in some areas. Analysts expect that the apparent consumption of silicone rubber in China will reach more than 1 million tons in 2020, and the increase will be maintained at about 8%.
With the development of the terminal industry in recent years, silicone oil, the second largest silicone product, has also received more and more attention. In the fields of textile, electronics, papermaking, etc., silicone oil has become an indispensable force in the production of high quality products. The apparent consumption is expected to reach 360000 tons in 2015, an increase of 44%. The proportion of silicone oil in downstream silicone products will tend to developed countries such as Europe and the United States.
In the process of sustainable development of downstream products in China's silicone industry, the development potential of silicone rubber gradually tends to be stable, while silicone oil and silane coupling agent will become the key development direction of downstream products, and the sustainability is strong.
Sustainable Development of 2. Consumption Structure
For a long time, the downstream product of silicone rubber in China is silicone rubber, and the terminal application field of silicone rubber is the construction industry. This structure will continue in the short term. In the past two years, China's real estate industry has developed rapidly. The demand for silicone products in the building curtain wall and coating industry is increasing year by year. At the end of the two sessions in 2014, the impact of new urbanization began to be reflected. The National New Urbanization Plan (2014-2020) was authorized and released by Xinhua News Agency. The plan puts forward the development goal, that is, "the urbanization rate of the permanent population reaches about 60%, and the urbanization rate of the registered population reaches about 45%."
In recent years, more and more silicone companies have begun to pay attention to the development of high value-added products and new products. In various high-end fields, such as medicine, fine electronics, etc., silicone products have begun to be applied. The dependence of imported silicone products has begun to weaken, and with the continuous improvement of technology, the proportion of silicone products in the high-end industry will increase.
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