In 017, the U.S. sales of new wood-plastic composite materials market reached nearly 6 billion U.S. dollars, while the sales of China's wood-plastic composite new materials market was less than 20 billion U.S. dollars.
However, China’s production of new wood-plastic composite materials last year was conservatively estimated at more than 2.5 million tons, ranking first in the world, and occupying half of the world’s production of new wood-plastic composite materials. However, the products are mainly sold abroad. The reason behind this set of data has to allow us to ponder.
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Wood-plastic composite new material , Abroad is collectively referred to as Wood-Plastic Composites, referred to as WPC. Wood-plastic composite materials are recycled plastics (PE, PP, PVC, etc.) plus wood fibers or plant fibers (such as wood flour, sawdust, wheat straw, chaff, etc.) Reinforced material or filler, after pretreatment and other materials composite of a new type of environmentally friendly composite materials.
The earliest wood-plastic composite new materials were born at the beginning of the last century. At the beginning, some people tried to mix ordinary phenolic resin with wood flour. This is the earliest wood-plastic composite new material, but due to technical and technological problems, it has been a long time. The new wood-plastic composite materials have not been effectively industrialized and commercialized.
Later, as the global forest resources were cut short, the call for protection of forest resources seeking new materials for wood became increasingly high. Discarded plastic waste and used wood also became a major headache for countries.
However, traditional materials such as new materials for wood, heavy wood, and other materials have inherent disadvantages. Short life spans, combined with easy water absorption, rot, mold, and other problems, have become consumables for many outdoor projects and scenic spots. It takes two to three years. Renovation and maintenance.
Wood-plastic composite new material inherits the dual advantages of plastic and plant fiber, not only waterproof, moisture-proof, mildew resistance, termite resistance, but also has a long life, zero formaldehyde, no pollution, pollution-free, can be recycled. At the same time, it has good plasticity, personalized style of colorful style. Wood does not crack, no expansion, no deformation of the characteristics and save the later maintenance and maintenance costs, it will naturally become the ideal new wood generation.
It is because of the inherent advantages of wood-plastics and the actual situation that has prompted countries to vigorously develop new materials for wood-plastic composites. Wood-plastic technology and technology have been further broken through and improved in countries such as Europe, America and Japan, and have successfully entered the commercial sector.
In the 1980s, Europe, the United States, Japan, and other countries have become the major consumers and producers of new wood-plastic composite materials. They have been widely used in automotive interiors, outdoor building materials, daily furniture, and packaging. The wood and plastic materials can be seen in the usage scenes and related fields of all logs, plastics, steel, aluminum alloys and other materials.
As a latecomer to the wood-plastics industry, China's wood-plastic industry lags behind the United States for nearly 10 years. In the 1980s, only a preliminary exploration was carried out. The main research projects were led by national research institutes, and they were subsequently carried out across the country. Promotion and industrialization.
Afterwards, social and private capital began to enter and promote the rapid development of wood-plastic composite materials in China in a short period of time. By around 2005, China’s wood-plastic industry had become the fastest growing country in the world, accounting for global market share. 25%, more than 300 wood-plastic companies.
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However, due to the immature processing technology in the domestic industry, there are many shortcomings and defects in wood-plastic products, and wood-plastic composite materials have not experienced rapid development. Meanwhile, some profit-making small and medium-sized enterprises have not focused on technology and quality after entering the wood-plastic industry. A variety of ecological wood, the concept of healthy wood is misleading and misleading the market. The product is overworked and the life span is less than one-fifth of the average life span of the industry products. As a result, some of the wood-plastic projects are completed and the user's reputation is very poor, which seriously affects the health of the wood-plastic industry. Orderly development.
It is gratifying that with the domestic policies in recent years, the wood-plastics industry has been incorporated into the country's key support for emerging industries, and the overall industrial ecological chain has been significantly improved. There are also emerging industry leaders such as New South America and North Qianlong.
Driven by the resources of all parties, China's wood and plastics industry has achieved a qualitative leap in its technological level and performance indicators. Individually, such as Qianlong WPC's new-generation functional co-extruded wood-plastic products, its performance test indexes have even surpassed international standards. Leading the world. These have played a significant role in promoting the brand recognition of China's wood-plastic industry, and further taking the lead in the low-end market to gradually capture the international high-end market share.
At present, China is faced with enormous pressures on resource protection and environmental pollution. However, the resources of wood-based plastic products, the plasticization of products, the environmental protection of the industry, the economical application, and the low-carbonization cycle can effectively alleviate these problems and should be widely used.
Although wood-plastic products can be seen on projects such as the Beijing Olympics in the country and the Shanghai World Expo, but in more outdoor landscapes and plank roads, new wood-plastic composite materials are new to the general public. Most people are Plastic composite new material lacks sufficient cognition.
China only consumes 600 million square meters of wood each year, 300 million of which are imported. There are still more than 800 million tons of straw to be disposed of each year in China, and 20 million tons of plastic waste needs to be recycled. If these plastic waste and straw resources are to be used, Reuse wood-plastic products At least 300 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions can be reduced, and 3 billion cubic meters of wood can be replaced. The potential for environmental protection of new wood-plastic composite materials is huge.
At present, new wood-plastic composite materials still belong to China's emerging industries. Weak voices in the industry and few opportunities for vocalization. But the development trajectory of the industry for more than a decade has demonstrated sufficient tenacity and momentum. Nowadays, ecological civilization and beautiful Chinese construction are already As a national strategy, renewable resources and circular economy have become social consensus. Driven by many positives, the domestic wood-plastic industry is bound to usher in a new round of explosive growth.
According to statistics of environmental assessment projects in various regions, the new production capacity of the wood and plastic industry in China will reach more than 2 million tons in the next few years. Based on this calculation, the total output value of China's wood-plastic industry is expected to challenge the threshold of 60 billion yuan , But the huge increase in production capacity is also a huge warning for hundreds of domestic wood-plastic companies: They can't stand still and pay attention only to foreign markets, and must increase the popularity and development of the domestic wood-plastic market. If this is separated from China's huge potential consumer market, After the production capacity exceeds supply, the wood-plastic industry will surely usher in a wave of price warfare. The ultimate damage may be the sound development of the entire industry.
At the same time, with the help of various policies and the promotion of the government, the leading enterprises in the wood-plastic industry, such as Qianlong Wood-plastics, will also continue to increase technological innovation and brand building efforts to enhance manufacturing intelligence.
While further reducing product costs, we will increase the core competitiveness of our products, seize the foreign high-end market share, and promote the popularity of the domestic wood-plastic composite new materials market. Let China not only become the world's number one producer of new wood-plastic composite materials, but also the number one wood. Plastic composite new material powerhouse, the number one consumer of wood-plastic composite new materials.