High-end silicone "13th Five-Year Plan" or achieve large-scale export

High-end silicone "13th Five-Year Plan" or achieve large-scale export
.
Recently, after China's economy has entered a new normal, economic development will rely more on high-tech and high-performance materials, and pay more attention to safety and environmental protection
.
Silicone materials have many unique and excellent properties that other materials do not have, and technology upgrading and product replacement will bring more opportunities
for the application of silicone materials.
Such as LED, photovoltaic, electric vehicles and other energy-saving and environmental protection industries, aerospace, high-speed railway and rail transit, intelligent equipment and other high-end manufacturing industries, a new generation of information technology, ultra-high voltage and ultra-high voltage power grid construction and other emerging industries development, provide new opportunities
for silicones.

The challenges facing China's silicone industry in the future mainly include: due to the dual impact of overcapacity and market growth, resulting in imbalance between supply and demand, intensified competition, low prices, and poor corporate profitability; Lack of high-level R&D personnel, low investment in science and technology, insufficient innovation ability, and disadvantage in new technology, new product development and market leadership; Increasingly stringent environmental regulations and rising production and operation costs put forward higher requirements for enterprise operations; Multinational companies have basically completed their strategic layout in China, with complete industrial chains for scientific research and development, production and sales, a significant increase in the degree of localization, and stronger competitiveness, which has a strong impact on
local Chinese enterprises.

During the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, the industry should rely on scientific and technological innovation, attach great importance to energy conservation, emission reduction, green environmental protection, and promote the development
of China's silicone materials in the direction of high performance, multi-function, compounding, refinement, environmental friendliness, low cost and high added value.

The production of silicone monomer has entered the era of small profits, and it is necessary to rely on a large production scale, a high level of comprehensive utilization, and strong scientific research and development capabilities in order to survive and develop
in the fierce market competition.
In the future, the production of general-purpose and bulk primary products such as 110 silicone rubber, 107 silicone rubber, dimethicone, silicone resin base polymer, and conventional mixed silicone rubber will be further concentrated
in single enterprises.

With backbone enterprises as the core, establish a silicone industrial park, gather relevant enterprises and research institutions in the silicone industry chain from monomers, intermediates, auxiliaries, terminal products, comprehensive utilization, etc.
, and organically combine the upstream, middle and downstream industries through industrial cluster development, so as to optimize the economic, safety and environmental benefits of enterprises and improve the sustainable development ability
of enterprises.

The application of silicone materials in traditional fields such as construction, textiles and household appliances has been fully explored, and in the future, we should focus on the development
of silicone applications in electronic information, power and electricity, new energy, nuclear power, high-speed rail and rail transit, ships and offshore equipment, safety and environmental protection, medical and health, household products and alternative petroleum-based synthetic materials.
With the export of China's high-speed rail, nuclear power and UHV power transmission and transformation technology, silicone, as an important supporting material, is expected to achieve large-scale export
in high-end fields during the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period.

Change the development model of tracking and imitation and low-price competition, attach importance to talent training, increase investment in scientific research, enhance innovation capabilities, highlight personalized development, characteristic development, and differentiated development, promote the upgrading of China's silicone industry, and accelerate the transformation
from scale and speed to quality and benefit development.

Construction, textile, household appliances industry is the traditional application field of silicones, accounting for about half of the total use of siloxanes, although these industries have passed a period of rapid development, but will still be the main application field of silicone materials for a long time in the future, and will still maintain a certain growth rate
.

Silicone materials are increasingly used in the electronic and electrical industry with their excellent heat resistance, weather resistance and electrical properties, such as potting and bonding of electronic components, insulators, arresters, wires and cables and accessories in power systems, high temperature insulation and thermal conductive materials, etc
.
In the future, with the miniaturization and integration of electronic components and the construction of high-voltage, ultra-high-voltage, and ultra-high-voltage transmission and transformation lines, the demand for high-performance silicone materials in this field will increase
significantly.
China's high-speed railway and rail transit, aviation, ships, offshore equipment, etc.
have entered a period of rapid development, which will drive the development and application
of high-performance silicone materials.

The application of silicone in the car is as many as dozens of parts, each car with silicone about 2 ~ 3kg, especially the battery components of new energy vehicles will use a large amount of liquid silicone rubber for packaging, some models use more than 20kg / car
.
Coupled with the automobile maintenance market, the silicone materials used in China's automotive industry in 2015 were about 60,000 tons, and will exceed 100,000 tons/year in 2020, which is an important growth point
for the silicone market.

Silicones are widely used in the medical and health and daily chemical industries with their excellent physical, chemical and physiological properties, and are increasingly replacing other materials as the first choice in medical devices; Many hygiene products, family planning supplies, and simulated products, silicone materials have become the only choice; Silicones for personal trinkets, household products, kitchen supplies, and baby products have become fashionable; Silicones are indispensable
in beauty, cosmetics and personal care products.
It is estimated that the application of silicones in these fields will grow rapidly in the future, which will lead to the development of
medical and sanitary silicone products.

Because of its high brightness, low power consumption, long life and wide application, LED has become the most eye-catching and promising new generation of light source
.
Silicone materials have many application points in LED lighting, in addition to the key LED encapsulant, it is also widely used
in the bonding and potting of drive power supplies, displays and lamps.
In recent years, China's LED encapsulant technology has made great progress, not only low refractive index adhesive has rapidly replaced imports, but also high refractive index adhesive has occupied a large market share
.
Due to the large number of domestic rubber replacing imports, the price has also dropped significantly, which has promoted the popularity
of LED lighting.
It is expected that by 2020, China's LED lighting market will exceed 400 billion yuan, while the global market will reach 75 billion US dollars, accounting for 50%
of the global lighting market share.
At that time, the amount of organic silicone materials in China's LED industry will exceed 100,000 tons per year, with sales of about 10 billion yuan, and domestic rubber will dominate
.

According to the national "Energy Development Strategy Action Plan (2014-2020)", China's installed capacity of photovoltaic power generation will reach 100GW in 2020, with an average annual growth rate of about 23.
6%, and the development prospects are very broad
.
In 2015, China's total photovoltaic module output was about 43GW, a year-on-year increase of about 20%, and it is expected that the total output of China's photovoltaic modules will exceed 80GW in 2020, which can directly drive the consumption of about 80,000 tons
of silicones per year.

3D printing technology is a new technology based on digital model files, by increasing the material layer by layer to construct objects, countries around the world are constantly strengthening the research and development and application
of 3D printing technology.
The core of 3D printing technology is materials, light-curing and heat-curing silicone rubber and silicone resin, molded silicone rubber, thermoplastic silicone elastomer, etc.
are expected to be applied
in 3D printing.

In the past two years, smart wearable devices such as watches, wristbands, glasses, and helmets supported by relevant parts of the human body have become the next hot spot
in the smart terminal industry.
While almost all wearable devices are in direct contact with human skin, silicone rubber is most suitable for skin contact products
because of its moderate hardness and good compatibility with the human body.

The basic raw materials for the production of silicones are silica, industrial salt and coal, and the sources are very rich
.
With the depletion of petroleum resources and the increasing shortage of global energy, silicones and their modified materials have obvious advantages as alternatives to petroleum-based products, and there is huge
room for development.
It is estimated that the apparent consumption of synthetic rubber in China will reach more than 7.
7 million tons in 2020, and if 10% can be replaced by silicone rubber, a huge market
with an annual consumption of about 770,000 tons will be added to more than 20 billion yuan.

Over the past 60 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, all kinds of silicone materials independently developed by China have become indispensable and irreplaceable supporting materials for China's national defense and military industry and major national projects, and have made significant contributions
to two bombs and one satellite, manned spaceflight and almost all modern military industries.
Although the amount of silicone materials in the national defense and military industry is not large, there are many types and high technical requirements, and their importance is very prominent
.
Therefore, continuing to develop high-performance silicone materials for the national defense industry department and major national projects is not only the need of the market, but also the responsibility and obligation of China's silicone industry, and it is also of great significance
to promote the technological progress of the industry.