As China's furniture industry 'environmental crisis' intensified, as the upper reaches of the coatings industry, water-based have also speed, water-based coatings gradually replace oily coatings, the industry has become the theme of development for the entire paint industry chain companies, only the initiative to seek Change, speed up the transformation of water-based paint in order to compete in the furniture market in China in the future undefeated.
As a global expert in high-tech polymer materials, Covestro relies on a strong polyurethane technology research and development capabilities, will be derived from the German water-based polyurethane technology successfully applied to furniture, furniture for many domestic enterprises to provide professional water-based coating solutions. Li Jinqi, vice president of Asia Pacific for technology application development of Covestro Coatings, Adhesives and Specialty Chemicals, newly appointed this year, made its first public speech and delivered Covestro's determination and confidence in serving the waterborne coatings market in China.
Focus on the furniture industry, creating green paint weathervane
China is the world's largest consumer and producer of furniture, with the recent rapid growth in the mid- to high-end solid wood furniture market, which has led to a surge in demand for high-quality eco-friendly coatings by furniture makers. However, eco-friendly coating solutions must be based on a strong coating supply chain Technical chain for the support, combined with the actual situation of furniture companies to customize.
Covestro always pays attention to the innovation of furniture green coating, as well as the healthy development with downstream furniture industry customers, equipment manufacturers, etc. At present, Covestro has cooperated with some well-known coating manufacturers in China, such as Zhanchen, Clivia, Garbo Li, Dabao, etc. In 2016, Covestro and Clivia set up a joint lab of wood coatings in Shanghai, which focuses on providing water-based technical solutions to wood furniture industry to meet the demand of local furniture enterprises for high-performance water-based environmental coatings Demand.At the same time, we work with coating equipment company Jintian Hammer and spray gun company SATA to provide the furniture industry with a full range of water-based solutions.Continuous optimization of the industrial chain and continuous upgrading of the process keep Covestro in the field of water-based painting Leading, becoming a leader and benchmark in the furniture industry.
Originated in Germany, specializing in water-based paint technology innovation
As we all know, Covestro is unique in solving the traditional technical problems faced by water-based paints, such as hardness, scratch resistance, stain resistance, yellowing resistance, heat and moisture resistance, water-based paint can not do high light, bright paint effect, Covestro two-component water-borne polyurethane coating technology in the high-end solid wood furniture above the application of the above advantages are obvious, for enterprises not only environmental protection, but also high quality and high performance to help furniture companies to improve consumer recognition of their brand degree.
The reason, Covestro has established three global innovation centers - Leverkusen, Germany, the United States Pittsburgh, Shanghai, China, in the world to form a research and development network to share the latest research results .On the one hand, Covestro as a global Polymer leader in the 1980s began to develop water-based paint system, the technology is in absolute leading position; the second aspect, Covestro attaches great importance to performance upgrades, its high performance two-component aqueous polyurethane technology Bayhydur® + Bayhydrol® successful Solve the traditional technical problems faced by water-based paint, and in the hardness, scratch resistance, stain resistance, yellowing resistance, heat and humidity and high brightness coating effect showed excellent performance, in the bedroom, living room, cabinets and bathroom High-end children's furniture and other fields obvious advantages of the application; the third aspect, Covestro not only provide two-component water-based polyurethane raw materials, but also work closely with the whole industry chain, from innovative water-based furniture solutions to water-based painting equipment, spray guns and other ancillary equipment , For furniture companies to provide a full range of technical support services to help local furniture enterprises to achieve transformation and upgrading.
Promote industry consolidation and continue to serve the Chinese furniture industry
Covestro believes the trend toward hydration is irreversible, but the coating environment and equipment manufacturing processes must be optimized and the future of fully automated equipment coating will become mainstream. True waterborne coatings require the integration of industry-wide forces.
For Covestro, but also hope and Clivia, Zhan Chen, Dabao, and other customers to maintain cooperative relations and jointly provide services for furniture manufacturing enterprises. Industrial system together understand the pain points of furniture factories, such as environmental pressure, performance requirements, The requirements of the construction, together with the development of raw materials through the development of formulations to meet their requirements, taking into account the production process and the adjustment of equipment. Therefore, Covestro and Jintian Hammer, SATA production equipment suppliers and spraying Equipment suppliers walked into the furniture business, and paint manufacturers work together to meet the needs of furniture companies.
So far, in the domestic paint and furniture market, Covestro not only has a complete set of water-based coating solutions, but also has succeeded in making water-based products for such clients as Douding Manor and HuaYun Wood, also relying on Bayhydur and Bayhydrol ™ two-component aqueous polyurethane System, to help Clivia develop high hardness to meet the surface protection and has excellent fullness, transparency of water-based polyurethane coatings, all-round into the transformation of China's water-based paint development.
On October 18, 2017, Covestro was awarded the Deutscher Chemie Preis 2017 by the German Association of Chemical Processors (VAA) for its outstanding R & D and innovation capabilities that make Covestro China's waterborne coating industry Important technology to lead the business, continuing service in the paint and furniture industry in China.