Flame retardant industry in China will develop steadily in 2015

Flame retardant industry is growing to a global industry, the performance on the one hand in a lot of flame retardants are involved in the world within the scope of trade, industry competition has not only confined to a certain country or region competition, but global competition among market participants. On the other hand, in a country or a region of the flame retardant laws tend to affect global industry rules. End products such as consumer electronics manufacturers, even if its only for product in countries and regions flame retardant without mandatory regulation, but if their products are sold to the international market, you must pass are sold or importer of flame retardant standard. Export-oriented products manufacturers, therefore, in order to make their products can be sold as many countries and regions, tend to adopt the most stringent state of flame retardant standard formula, thus promote the flame retardant products within the scope of the global development of the whole industry chain.

In recent years, due to ten pbdes and hexabromocyclododecane are on persistent organic pollutants (pops), the influence of the development of the phosphorus-containing flame retardants was great impact, and the concept of no halogen flame retardants. Correspond with halogen flame retardants, and the concept of promoted many, including phosphorus-containing flame retardants, halogen-free flame retardant made in the research and development. And after 2005, bromide prices continued to rise, with the domestic price stability to form bright contrast, phosphorus resources makes the price gap between them increased rapidly, even higher than that of the price of bromine series flame retardant were once most of the phosphorus flame retardant prices more than doubling. As a result, the bromine flame retardants prices driven by phosphate department of nitrogen or phosphorus flame retardants in 2005-2012, the market is growing fast.

In 2012 China flame retardant consumption of about 474000 tons, the biggest percentage of phosphorus-containing flame retardants, total of about 179000 tons, 90000 tons in 2008 compared to the same consumption, growth rate of 16.4%. Phosphorus flame retardant market keep the cause of the high speed growth is more, we think the most important reason is that its main rival bromine flame retardants caused by high prices, the second is the downstream market, the third is the impact of policies and regulations.

First of all, the bromine flame retardants prices led to the rapid growth of phosphorous flame retardants. Global bromine flame retardants giant concentrated on yabao, polyurethane and ICL, since 2010, three big companies continuously improve their flame retardant and bromine products prices. Due to the rising price of bromine flame retardants, inevitably stimulate phosphorus flame retardant of consumption, promote the phosphorus flame retardant consumer market growth.

Second, under the rapid development of the industry * * which stimulates the consumption of the phosphorus flame retardant. Halogenated phosphate in China phosphorus flame retardant and halogen free phosphate consumption proportion accounted for 74% of phosphorus flame retardant agent consumption, mainly used for building insulation materials, fire protection coatings, adhesives and copper-clad r.p. panel and by the rapid development of composite material field, including halogen free phosphate in PC/abs alloy; Ammonium polyphosphate and general fire retardant coating is mainly used for plastic; During phosphate is mainly used in engineering plastics engineering plastics such as polyamide, polyester; Red phosphorus flame retardants mainly used in engineering plastics and general plastic flame retardant; Phosphorus mixed thin kind of flame retardant is mainly used for copper clad.

According to flame retardant industry survey report according to the survey, China since the 1980 s, started to study the synthesis and application of ammonium polyphosphate, particularly rapid development in recent years, domestic ammonium polyphosphate consumption reached 08000 tons in 2003, and in 2012 reached 26000 tons, a sustained growth trend. As countries on flame retardant of strengthening its technical requirements, in the future development of phosphorus-containing flame retardant with its price advantage will continue to play the role of steady development.