From April 14th to 16th, the 6th (2023) National Epoxy Industry Green Low Carbon High Quality Development Forum was held in Yangzhou. The meeting pointed out that the epoxy industry is facing the triple pressure of "shrinking demand, supply shock, and weakening expectations". Efforts to improve the resilience and security of the supply chain of the epoxy industry chain are the top priorities for high-quality development. Stabilizing growth and releasing production capacity And the expansion of domestic demand is still the main tone of the industry. The whole industry should focus on transformation and upgrading and technological innovation, explore the path of green and low-carbon development, and make due contributions to the realization of the goal of becoming a petrochemical power.
Li Bin, vice president of China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation, pointed out in his speech that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, my country's petroleum and chemical industry has overcome many challenges and difficulties under the new situation of strategic transformation and high-quality development , created exciting and extraordinary performance, and profound changes have taken place in the development mode of the industry. The next ten years will be a critical period for my country's petroleum and chemical industry to leap from a big country to a powerful country. The development of the industry is highly consistent with the process of China's macroeconomic development entering a new stage, and the connotation and requirements of development are highly unified. This is a major test of epoch-making significance. In the test of the innovation ability of the industry.
Senior petrochemical expert Yang Xianghong pointed out that the epoxy industry is an important field. Many chemical products use ethylene oxide and propylene oxide as raw materials. There are many epoxy industry manufacturers in my country, and the current production capacity is excess. In addition, the ethylene oxide and propylene oxide peers are facing price competition, and even do not make money to grab the market. There are also problems in the downstream of the epoxy industry. For example, 90% of water reducing agent monomers are used in construction. However, after several years of development, the infrastructure in the most developed areas is saturated, and the demand for water reducing agent monomers will drop significantly. The way out for the epoxy industry lies in the downstream, and the development of new markets and new application fields and the realization of differentiated products will increase the demand for epoxy products.
Professor Wang Ziming of Beijing University of Technology pointed out that our country has a complete variety of polycarboxylate superplasticizer macromonomers, but the previous 1CMP technology is widely used internationally. Water reducing agents should be developed towards functionalization and serialization. For example, nuclear power, hydropower, Sichuan-Tibet railway, and functional products required in cold regions of Northeast China need to be developed urgently to improve the durability and service life of concrete structures, especially for concrete The improvement of structural durability is the biggest saving, which can reduce carbon emissions and save resources. In the future, the way out for my country's epoxy industry is to go out and achieve internationalization, but first we must practice basic skills. For enterprises, the rapid expansion of production capacity has passed, and the next step is to develop some new products in a refined manner. Without research and development, there is no future, and high-quality development is the right direction. In the case of overcapacity, it is a big market to open up new application fields, such as repairing in the construction industry that requires qualified modified polymers.
Professor Meng Qingwei of Dalian University of Technology said that after 20 years of development, my country's epoxy industry has become the world's "leader". For example, the HPPO process of propylene oxide has surpassed Europe and the United States in terms of catalyst preparation, consumption quota and even the advancement of the entire process, and has achieved industrialization on a large scale. Due to the rapid growth of production capacity, from 3 million tons three years ago to over 10 million tons today, there is an urgent need to develop the downstream of the epoxy industry. For example, to develop other uses of propylene oxide and realize internal circulation is an innovative work that needs to be done. To achieve healthy development of the epoxy industry, one is to strengthen the top-level design; the other is to give full play to the creativity of enterprises and scientific researchers, so that downstream products are green and low-carbon, and meet the requirements of the "double carbon" goal.
Li Bin particularly emphasized that 2023 is an important stage for the high-quality development and transformation and upgrading of the epoxy industry. An innovative system full of efficiency plays an active role in the green and high-quality development of China's petrochemical industry.
At the same time as the meeting, the Epoxy Fine Chemicals Committee of the Petrochemical Federation held the second member representative meeting and general meeting of the Epoxy Committee. The forum was sponsored by the Petrochemical Federation and the Epoxy Derivative Surfactant and Fine Chemicals Professional Committee of the Petrochemical Federation, and undertaken by the People's Government of Yizheng City, Jiangsu Province and Liaoning Aoke Chemical Co., Ltd. (Zhang Yifeng)
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