Rubber market, a serious shortage of production capacity expansion of ethylene-propylene rubber imminent

EPDM performance, wide application, following the cis-butadiene rubber SBR, has developed into the world's third largest species of gum. Compared with other synthetic rubber, ethylene-propylene rubber is the most prominent feature of the development of new products and styles, applications continue to expand.

China-made products supply drop in the bucket

In recent years, China's ethylene-propylene rubber market continued to grow, the gap between supply and demand continued to increase. China's ethylene-propylene rubber production capacity of only 20,000 tons / year, it still imports of ethylene-propylene rubber is to ease tension between supply and demand situation the only way. In 2005, China imported a total of ethylene-propylene rubber reached 74,975 tons (excluding the primary forms of ethylene / propylene polymers), more than 71,097 tons in 2004, an increase of 3878 tons, an increase of 5.45 percent. Exports (excluding the primary forms of ethylene / propylene polymers) to 1531 tons, than in 2004 decreased by 782 tons. In 2005, China's ethylene-propylene rubber of the apparent consumption reached 92,000 tons. It is predicted that in 2006 China's ethylene-propylene rubber, the total demand will be over 110,000 tons by the year 2010 will reach 220,000 tons, China has become the world's demand for ethylene-propylene rubber of the fastest-growing countries.

Lead the market demand for automotive industry

Last year, China's domestic ethylene-propylene rubber market share was 20.8 percent, 79.2 percent of the market, foreign products are still occupied, a huge market pressure.

At present, China's ethylene-propylene rubber consumption is still concentrated in the areas of automotive parts, building materials, wire and cable, heat-resistant hose, seals and automotive lubricants and additives such as polyolefin modification, but a slight change in consumption structure, in which car parts consumption A slight reduction in consumption of polymer modified slight increase in lubricating oil viscosity index changed little Deplete the modifier.

Over the next two years, with the rapid development of the automobile industry and the 2008 Olympic Games approaching, China will enter the ethylene-propylene rubber in the automotive components, waterproofing membrane, plastic runway, and the modification of polyolefin wire and cable industry's rapid development, Ethylene-propylene rubber consumption structure will also be in the area as the demand for change.

According to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers to the latest statistics and projections: the 2005 car in the field of ethylene-propylene rubber, the total consumption of about 64,600 tons, of which the amount of production of 25,300 tons, the amount of social maintenance 39,300 tons; in 2010 China's car in the field of ethylene-propylene Rubber demand will reach 92,300 tons, of which the amount of production of 36,500 tons, the amount of social maintenance 55,800 tons.

EPDM is the use of performance of one of the best in the membrane, currently has a number of advanced large-scale ethylene-propylene rubber sheet production line in the city subway, the Yellow River in Shanxi, the Three Gorges Project, construction of Olympic venues have been Widely used.

At present, more than 80% of China's sports venues are still using polyurethane Particles laying, the idea of Green Olympics, led the Chinese sports and municipal facilities improvements to the particle EPDM plastic extraordinary development provides a rare opportunity. 2006 is expected to reach 20,000 tons. By 2010, in addition to the automobile industry still accounts for the ratio of absolute, plastic sports facilities such as runways will be a demand for ethylene-propylene rubber, the second largest consumer in the area.

The auto industry led to the development of China's oil consumption. As China's growing strict environmental protection laws and regulations, and speed up the upgrading of lubricating oil, oil additives in the field of ethylene-propylene rubber applications will increase.

Because of ethylene-propylene rubber resources, a considerable number of wire and cable need to rely on imports of ethylene-propylene rubber or silicone rubber, and so on as substitutes.

With the polymer to the functional development of the ethylene-propylene rubber polymer modified in the application will become more and more widely. New product development imminent B

C rubber consumption structure of the existence of imbalance. Such as wire and cable, tire side of the tube in areas such as ethylene-propylene rubber a large market, but they did not spend in the field of pattern formation advantage, in particular the lack of domestic ethylene-propylene rubber corresponding grades, the constraints in the area of rapid development.

Ethylene-propylene rubber industry over the next major trend is the development of new varieties will adapt more in the field of development, while new applications and to stimulate market demand for ethylene-propylene rubber, ethylene-propylene rubber products and the consumption structure will change more.

At present, the state-owned ethylene-propylene rubber products with low market share, its first and foremost the root causes of China's ethylene-propylene rubber production capacity is too small to meet the enormous demands of the market. This was followed by China-made products less of the species and grades, can not meet the needs of the lower reaches of the market. With the automotive industry, such as higher and more specialized needs, ethylene-propylene rubber of the trend is toward diversification, specialization, modified in the direction of development.

Experts on China's development of the ethylene-propylene rubber to make the following recommendations

First of all, to speed up ethylene-propylene rubber expansion of the building. From 2001 to 2005, China's ethylene-propylene rubber in recent years to 20% of the growth rate of consumption growth in demand in 2010 will reach 220,000 tons, 20,000 tons at present / year capacity is utterly inadequate to address the capacity expansion of China's ethylene-propylene rubber huge The main way to the gap. China is to build the 50,000 tons / year of new capacity projects should speed up efforts to market the product as soon as possible, raise the share of products and create economic benefits.

China-made ethylene-propylene rubber products brand has been less constrained ethylene-propylene rubber application development. New device set up on the brand of products should be fully carried out market research for the Chinese market for foreign imports monopoly of the introduction of species, the domestic market to meet the needs of other species-specific, brand-specific needs.

For tire inner tube and the side of the EPR is a more important applications should be ethylene-propylene rubber production and research department attached great importance to increase the area of tires used ethylene-propylene rubber brand new development and applied research.

As the traditional ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) has been more low-cost thermoplastic elastomer impact, TPO, TPV, such as in automobiles, polymer modified, and so on will be the main substitute for EPDM. EPDM should pay attention to such changes in product mix, and actively develop high-end market and resin markets, such as modified ethylene-propylene rubber, ethylene-propylene rubber special, special ethylene-propylene rubber research and development, many foreign companies have developed related products Such as the DSM (DSM) has developed for plasticizers, adhesive and sealing agents and modified plastics, and so on a series of ultra-low viscosity of ethylene-propylene rubber.

With the further strengthening of the concept of environmental protection, environmental protection, as well as environment-friendly technology of ethylene-propylene rubber will be the production of ethylene-propylene rubber and important changes in the structure of demand. Cleaner metallocene technology, the gas phase polymerization of ethylene-propylene rubber products in the international market share rising, China also attaches great importance to this change, to consider a comprehensive program of technical rationality and forward-looking.