Recently, the "Action Plan for Comprehensive Solution to Air Pollution in 2017-2018 in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei Province and Its Surrounding Areas" (hereinafter referred to as the Program) issued by 10 ministries and departments such as the Ministry of Environmental Protection and jointly issued by the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and neighboring local governments has gradually entered the phase of full implementation , Which is by far the most stringent air pollution control program.At the same time, a number of coatings and coatings related businesses have been partially shut down due to non-compliance VOCs governance.
As the key object of VOCs management, the coatings industry has suffered a series of breakdowns since 2017. Starting from April this year, the strongest Environmental Protection Regulatory Commission has started to cut off innumerable small and medium-sized coated enterprises , But with the introduction of this program, large-scale enterprises involved in Tu pollution will be shut down.
Take the example of Nippon Paint, which sold the most paint in 2016. Last year, Nippon Steel took the top spot with a huge revenue of 17.82 billion yuan, but recently Langfang Nippon Paint Co., Ltd. and Nippon Paint Co., Ltd. Langfang Environmental Protection Bureau was ordered to suspend production for rectification.Also be shut down along with Langfang Hua Ju Coating Co., Ltd., Bazhou Meinuo Coatings Co., Ltd., Wal-Wag Coatings (Langfang) Co., Ltd. and other enterprises.
This year, its Langfang plant has boarded the Ministry of Environmental Protection's 'Report on the Investigation of Severe Pollution,' a black list, and subsequently, its Tianjin factory was halted and fined by the local Environmental Protection Agency on March 27 this year. In addition, Chengdu factory has also been included in the list of focus of remediation of exhaust gas pollution.Experts said that in the tightening trend of environmental protection policies, Nippon and other companies to make profits at the expense of the environment is probably not a long time.
According to the Ministry of Environmental Protection issued tackling program, paint industry as a key area of VOCs governance, not only to strictly enforce the requirements of the petrochemical industry emission standards, will also be incomplete governance transformation of enterprises, according to the law to implement the cut-off remediation.
This means that Tu enterprises and their downstream industries such as furniture can not afford social responsibility for pollution reduction and emission reduction will also be forced to "stop after the rule." In the critical period of the "Atmosphere 10" ending, businesses and then Can not be like before, 'dodge the limelight'.
In addition, the reporter learned from the environmental protection department that "the 13th Five-Year Plan for the Prevention and Control of Volatile Organic Pollutants" has designated industrial coating as a key area of governance and the 'Autumn and Winter Hard Tackle Program' stepped up its promotion of this area The program not only requires the promotion of comprehensive management of industrial coatings such as automobile manufacturing, machinery and equipment manufacturing and furniture manufacturing, but also requires the promotion of raw and auxiliary materials such as paints, organic solvents, adhesives and inks with low (no) VOCs , Supporting the improvement of production technology.
Experts said that the transformation of coated enterprises is imminent. By March next year, the average concentration of PM2.5 in the city of 2 + 26 decreased by more than 15% from the same period of last year, while the index of Beijing with a 25% decrease over the same period of last year forced the regions in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei to refuel their sleeves. The enterprises involved in pollution, if not speed up the transition, will face more stringent penalties.