There is much room for improvement in the methylstyrene industry and the demand market needs to be cultivated

Para-methylstyrene is a typical styrene derivative that can be used commercially. Its polymerization product poly-paramethylstyrene has a safe use limit at higher temperatures and is mainly used to produce thermoplastic resins, glass fiber reinforced plastics, and adhesives. agents, coatings, etc. Para-methylstyrene, also known as 4-methylstyrene, is a stable colorless liquid at room temperature. It is low-toxic, flammable and explosive. It is insoluble in water and soluble in ethanol and ether.

At present, domestic p-methylstyrene production enterprises are mainly reagent-grade enterprises. From the production of reagent-grade products to the realization of industrial mass production, and then to large-scale promotion and application, it takes a long process. my country’s industrial-grade paramethylstyrene products mainly rely on imports. There is still a certain gap between technological research and developed countries, and the conversion efficiency of research results is extremely low. In addition, due to the high price of paramethylstyrene products, it is styrene. Dozens of times the price, therefore, most styrene products are used on the market, plus domestic downstream products using p-methylstyrene as raw materials, such as alkyd resins, cured coatings, vinyl resins and other new polymer materials. Research is in its initial stages, resulting in smaller amounts of paramethylstyrene being used.

Industrial-grade para-methylstyrene products are mainly used to replace styrene and vinyltoluene products in the production of polymers, while reagent-grade para-methylstyrene products are mainly used in scientific research experiments. According to the “China Industrial Grade Paramethylstyrene Industry Market Research Report 2022-2026” released by the Industrial Research Center, From 2017 to 2021, due to high technical barriers to the industry, very few companies in the global paramethylstyrene industry have achieved large-scale mass production, and the industry market size has grown slowly. Among them, the global industrial-grade paramethylstyrene market size in 2021 will be 40.05 million yuan.

The global industrial-grade paramethylstyrene manufacturer is mainly the American Dyco Group. Its paramethylstyrene production capacity is concentrated in the United States. The company masters the core production technology of paramethylstyrene products and its polymers, and has a complete industrial chain. It occupies most of the global market share and has strong market competitiveness. And because it can be produced on a large scale, the product price has advantages and is highly competitive in the global market. The domestic production of industrial-grade paramethylstyrene products is basically at a blank stage. The raw materials for paramethylstyrene required by downstream enterprises or research institutions are basically imported from abroad, and there are very few large-scale production enterprises.

Industrial researchers believe that although China’s paramethylstyrene production industry started late, China’s industrial development is rapid, and in coatings, It has continuously made breakthroughs in rubber and plastic processing and production, continuously broken through the technological blockade of foreign companies in core production technologies, and continuously improved its competitiveness in the international market. The development of China’s coatings, rubber, and plastics industries has promoted the expansion of the paramethylstyrene market. However, compared with the United States, China’s demand for methylstyrene is still small, and there is still room for improvement in the future.