Development trend of silica industry
(1) The scale of the industry continues to expand
According to the market demand of silica, rubber industry is the main consumption market of silica, accounting for more than 70% of the total consumption of silica. At present, countries and organizations in the world, including the European Union, the United States, Japan and South Korea, have implemented green tire labeling regulations, and green tire has become the mainstream product of tire development. The rapid development of green tire in the world will continue to expand the consumption market and demand of silica. In 2015, the global tire market capacity is about 180 billion US dollars. According to the forecast, the global tire market capacity in 2020 is expected to reach US $1998 billion, of which the green tire market capacity will reach US $92.6 billion, accounting for 46.5% of the global tire market. The rapid development of green tires provides a major opportunity for the development of silica industry. In addition, according to the report, the global market capacity of precipitated silica reached US $2.11 billion in 2014, and is expected to rise to $3.49 billion in 2023.
(2) Trend of specialized production
The production of precipitated silica needs to go through many processes, such as precipitation, filtration and drying. It is formed by the chemical reaction and precipitation of sodium silicate and an inorganic acid (usually sulfuric acid). There are high requirements for reaction control in the production process of silica by precipitation method. The quality of raw materials, concentration of each component, temperature, reaction time, pH value, stirring speed and other factors will affect the specific surface area, structure, dispersion and concentration of silanol groups in the production of silica, and each variable requires accurate control and adjustment. In order to achieve the target requirements of the above production process, professional special non-standard core production equipment is also needed. Especially for the high-grade silicon dioxide products used in tires, toothpaste, coatings, etc., long-term theoretical and practical experience accumulation is required to achieve stable production, which has higher requirements for the R & D ability and talent reserve of enterprises. With the release of China's "green tire technical specification", the continuous improvement of downstream customers' requirements for product quality and the continuous strengthening of national environmental protection policy, more and more downstream customers will need high-quality silica, which will further promote the professional production trend of silica industry.
(3) Trend of stricter environmental protection standards
Silicon dioxide belongs to chemical industry, which requires high environmental protection. At present, China's laws and regulations on environmental protection include environmental protection law, cleaner production law, water pollution prevention and control law, and energy conservation law. The enforcement of relevant laws and regulations on environmental protection and energy conservation is becoming stronger and stronger. Due to the characteristics of large energy consumption and large amount of sewage discharge, chemical enterprises are easy to be strictly investigated by relevant policies, and enterprise projects are passed There are many procedures and difficulties in approval or EIA. Many enterprises in the industry use coal-fired production. With the stricter regulatory requirements for desulfurization and denitrification, the original emission standards will be further improved.
(4) The trend of scale and whole industry chain
Traditional silicon dioxide production enterprises inevitably bear the risk of raw material price fluctuation, while the large-scale silica production enterprises with whole industrial chain layout can have stronger bargaining power when raw material price fluctuates, reduce the impact of raw material price fluctuation on production cost, effectively ensure the quality and continuous supply of raw materials, and thus have strong anti risk ability Competitive advantage.
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