According to the latest news, the Huizhou District Circular Economy Park in Huangshan City, Anhui Province, has temporarily stopped production of epoxy enterprises in the park from August 18 to August 24 due to boiler overhaul. At the same time, most epoxy enterprises (including TGIC projects) in Jixian County have been 8 Starting on the 15th of the month, the production limit is about 15 days.
It is understood that Huangshan epoxy resin production enterprises are mainly concentrated in Huizhou District and Jixian County, Huangshan City as a national epoxy resin production base, also in the epoxy resin industry for powder coatings, also accounted for a large proportion of Huangshan City The production of solid epoxy resin has accounted for 60% of the total output of the country. The production of solid epoxy resin in Huizhou District has accounted for more than 60% of the total output of the region. Its production and operation directly affect the development of downstream industries such as powder coatings.
The industrial orientation of the circular economy park in Huizhou District of Huangshan City is mainly based on epoxy resin. The heat energy required for the circular economy park in Huizhou District is derived from the district central heating project. The central heating project is located on the north side of the rapid north road of the circular economy park. Construction of two 25t/h coal-fired heating boilers, currently in use, with an annual supply of 194,400 tons of steam. If the boiler overhaul will affect the production of epoxy resin enterprises in the park.
In addition, the production capacity of epoxy resin in Jixian County of Huangshan City accounts for 35%-40% of the Huangshan area, accounting for 15% of the total epoxy resin production capacity in the country.
Due to the severe environmental protection situation in recent years, the operating rate of domestic epoxy resin equipment is relatively low, and some enterprises have limited production or stopped production. The annual output in 2017 is about 1.2 million tons, and the domestic production capacity in 2017 is about 2.3 million tons.
The two epoxy resin production sites will face production stoppage at the same time. 60% of the country's solid epoxy resin production will be affected. The intensity of this year's environmental protection will not be reduced, which may lead to insufficient supply of epoxy resin in the short term. The price of epoxy resin has risen.
Recently, the polyester resin was affected by the sharp increase in PTA, some polyester resin factories were parked, and the price of polyester resin was raised.
Epoxy resin and polyester resin are important raw materials for powder coatings. The continuous rise of raw material prices will bring great pressure on the survival of downstream enterprises. Recently, Nippon PPG International Coatings Co., Ltd. has announced price increases, in contrast to domestic coatings companies. The decline in profits is still struggling.