Domestic butadiene rubber on the scale of development but also on quality

2004 World butadiene rubber production capacity of 3,140,000 tons, the production is about 2,386,000 tons. At present, the production of butadiene rubber plant in more than 20 countries and regions. Of these, the United States with an annual output capacity of 775,000 tons, 430,000 tons in China, only to the United States is the world's second-largest producer. Butadiene rubber in the world's total consumption in 2004 reached 2,420,000 tons, is expected by 2008 to reach 2,780,000 tons. China and other Asian countries (excluding Japan), Eastern European and CIS countries will be butadiene rubber demand for the fastest-growing countries and regions, will reach an annual growth rate of 3% to 5%.

Self-sufficiency in the production of basic security

Butadiene rubber is a synthetic rubber in China's technological development of the most mature types of plastic. China's butadiene rubber production technology from China's own development and production of nickel-butadiene rubber product quality with the leading international standard. Ni which butadiene rubber production capacity of about 50% of the total production capacity in the world. China's butadiene rubber producers a total of 8, the world's total production capacity of the production capacity of about 14% in 2004 to reach annual production of 397,100 tons. One of the Yanshan Petrochemical for 132,500 tons, accounting for 33.3 percent of national output; Shanghai Gaoqiao Petrochemical 47,700 tons, 35,900 tons of Qilu Petrochemical, Dushanzi Petrochemical 32,300 tons, 27,900 tons of Baling Petrochemical, Jinzhou Petrochemical 18,700 tons . China's butadiene rubber in the production of synthetic rubber SBR just below the second place, accounting for about 40% of the total output of Synthetic, to meet the basic needs of the domestic market, General butadiene rubber self-sufficiency rate has exceeded 90%.

Rapid increase in consumer demand

In recent years, China's butadiene rubber consumption is growing, 1995 Chronology of view of consumption was only 233,800 tons, but in 2004 has reached 466,000 tons. In recent years, China's butadiene rubber import and export trade also expanded. 2001 butadiene rubber exports 69,800 tons, a record high, exports accounted for 20.9% of domestic output, but exports in 2002 after the drop; and imports have maintained growth of imports in 2001 BR 57,200 Tons in 2004 to reach 106,900 tons.

China in 2005 is expected to butadiene rubber consumption will reach about 500,000 tons, the total demand in 2010 will reach about 600,000 tons. The main growth in demand for cobalt is the Department of plastic, low-cis-butadiene rubber and butadiene rubber rare earth. China's butadiene rubber for tires, shoe-making, HIPS modified in such areas as processing, consumption: the demand for tires in the field of its total demand of about 64.9 percent, accounting for 10.2 percent of footwear, high Impact modified polystyrene processing account for about 9.7 percent, hose, belt accounts for about 8.8 percent, or about 6.4 percent in other areas.

The world market in general over-supply of synthetic rubber, butadiene rubber is an over-supply. Butadiene rubber and domestic market supply and demand situation and the global supply and demand situation is different, as the overall demand. Since 2003, domestic demand for butadiene rubber market growth, productivity growth appears below demand growth, and domestic raw materials in a very tight supply of butadiene, leading to soaring prices of butadiene rubber.

Urgent need to speed up new product development

BR domestic development can not take the expansion of production capacity and the installation of the new road, but in the development of high value-added new models and new products and to make greater efforts. China's butadiene rubber in the future the main goal is to further reduce product costs, improve product quality, achieve economies of scale of production, new product development and production as quickly as possible into the ranks of the world's most advanced.

On the one hand, to upgrade the existing nickel butadiene rubber production technology level, the existing equipment, reduce production costs and improve market competitiveness. Manufacturers should further optimize the existing butadiene rubber production process and catalyst system, or the development of the polymerizers new applications and new mixers, drying directly, instead of a single solvent mixed solvents, thereby reducing materials, energy consumption, improve internal Quality.

On the other hand, to further develop high value-added new models and new products and expand market share, to meet the needs of downstream users. At present, China's production of butadiene rubber to the Department of nickel-based butadiene rubber, compared with single species. In recent years, the Department of nickel in the butadiene rubber tires, rubber and plastic and other major applications using the ratio declined. As soon as possible to develop a variety of grades of oil-filled butadiene rubber technology, development of the oil-filled Ni butadiene rubber and carbon black oil-filled charge butadiene rubber, mainly used for the development of styrene resin impact modifier category of low-cis-shun Butadiene rubber and high vinyl butadiene rubber and butadiene rubber in the vinyl.