In the past 30 years, the plastics and masterbatch industries have relied on a good market environment and cheap labor, and the world's manufacturing industries have gathered in China, expanding the application market for the plastics and masterbatch industries. In the next ten years, China will gradually transform from a large manufacturing country to a strong manufacturing country, and the use of plastics and masterbatch industries as basic raw materials will be further increased, which will bring just the right business opportunities and broad applications to the domestic upstream and downstream industrial chain. prospect.
1. General situation of plastics and masterbatch industry
In the plastics industry, domestic plastic production in 2014 was 69.5 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 10.3%; apparent consumption was 96.51 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 13%; imports were 32.15 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 2.94%. Among domestic plastics, polypropylene production increased the most. Reached 14.03 million tons; among imported plastics, imports of high-end synthetic materials increased rapidly.
In 2011, the China Masterbatch Special Committee conducted a general survey of color masterbatch manufacturers above designated size and showed that the annual output of color masterbatch in China has reached 650,000 tons/year. More than 800,000 tons/year, coupled with a large number of small and medium-sized enterprises, it is conservatively estimated that the annual output of color masterbatch in China has now reached more than 850,000 tons/year. It has gradually developed into a wide variety of multifunctional masterbatches with various unique functions and integration of multiple functions. Its application fields are broad, diverse, high technical content, large demand, and multifunctional masterbatches. The proportion of color masterbatch is much larger. It is conservatively estimated that it has reached more than 1 million tons/year. Many original color masterbatch companies have also continued to develop in the direction of multi-functional masterbatch. The characteristics of multi-functional masterbatch are supporting The key core material and backbone of plastic performance enhancement, function enhancement, industrial transformation and upgrading, product upgrading, and broad market applications have unlimited prospects.
According to IMF estimates, the global growth rate in 2014 was 3.4%, and it could reach 4.0% in 2015; China’s economy grew by 7.4% in 2014 and 7.1% in 2015; India’s economy grew by 5.4% in 2014 and 6.4 in 2015. %. The world economy as a whole will continue to develop and recover. Based on the above data, the plastics and masterbatch industries have steadily increased and the development prospects are good.
2. New opportunities brought about by the "Belt and Road" and "Free Trade Zone" strategies
The implementation of national development strategies and policies related to "innovative development", "energy saving and emission reduction", "One Belt One Road", and "Free Trade Zone" has also provided the plastics and masterbatch industries with hard-to-reach development space and opportunities. The progress of new equipment systems and equipment manufacturing, as well as the rise of transportation and aerospace industries, will drive the growth of new materials industry and industrial design and other productive service industries; during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, the pace of industrial transformation and upgrading will continue Accelerate; improve the overall technical level of my country's plastics and masterbatch system in many aspects such as resource protection, energy saving and emission reduction, elimination of backwardness, environmental governance, and safe production, so as to enhance the competitiveness of national brands in the international market.
With economic development "going out", the development of the plastics and masterbatch industry will inevitably "go out" to expand overseas markets, connect with internationalization, and transfer the production capacity of industrial consumer goods. It can also improve and transform the traditional production capacity of the plastics and masterbatch industry. Scientific and technological innovation capabilities, production efficiency, strengthen domestic and foreign import and export trade, promote the implementation of new business development models to open up product markets, and promote the rapid development of domestic plastics and masterbatch industries.
3. Transformation and upgrading guide the rapid growth of demand
my country's per capita GDP is close to 6,000 US dollars per person. Most people's consumption habits have surpassed the "subsistence type" to reach the "development type", and some developed regions have reached the "medium developed type". The people demand cleaner energy, better performance materials, more comfortable wear, safer chemicals, more efficient fertilizers and low-residue pesticides. High-performance, green and safe high-end chemical products will become a key development direction.
The development of strategic emerging industries has put forward more demand for high-end chemical products: (1) Transportation chemicals (including special chemical materials for automobiles, high-speed rail, aerospace, etc.); (2) Chemicals for life sciences (including pharmaceuticals) , Medical, biological, agricultural and other fields); (3) energy-saving and environmentally friendly chemicals (such as materials and chemicals for building energy conservation, air and sewage treatment); (4) electronic chemicals (supporting the electronics industry, such as screens, Batteries, plastics, etc.); (5) New energy chemicals (such as wind power, photovoltaics and other supporting chemical materials), the requirements of high-end products in various industries, and the application and development of the plastics and masterbatch industries will enter a new era of rapid development , The usage will rapidly expand and grow.
