my country’s ion exchange resin production is gradually increasing, and local companies are less competitive in the market

Ion exchange resin is a porous sponge-like solid polymer material formed by the reaction of active functional groups and polymer compounds. It has good acid and alkali resistance. At present, the types of ion exchange resins are increasingly abundant and have various classification methods. According to different pore structures, ion exchange resins can be roughly divided into macropores, gels, homoporous, etc.; according to different skeleton structures, ion exchange resins can be roughly divided into phenolic series, styrene series, acrylic series, epoxy series, etc.; according to Depending on the functional group ions, ion exchange resins can be roughly divided into amphoteric resins, chelating resins, strong base anion exchange resins, weak base anion exchange resins, strong acid cation exchange resins, weak acid cation exchange resins, etc.

From the perspective of downstream application fields, my country’s ion exchange resins are mostly used in many fields such as water treatment, adsorption, drug separation and purification, hydrometallurgy, industrial catalysis, and organic matter purification and purification. Among them, the water treatment field has become the largest application field of ion exchange resin, with a market share of 65.81%; followed by the adsorption field, with a market share of 18.92%; ranking third is the catalyst field, with a market share of 9.58%.

In recent years, my country’s urbanization level has gradually improved, the number of permanent urban residents has continued to grow, and domestic water consumption and sewage discharge have continued to grow. And with the rapid development of my country’s industry and manufacturing industry, industrial wastewater discharge has gradually increased. According to data released by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, in 2022, my country’s total sewage discharge will be 63.93 billion cubic meters. As an important product for treating sewage, water treatment agents have a growing market demand. Against this background, the scale of my country’s water treatment agent market continues to expand. From 2019 to 2022, my country’s water treatment agent market size will grow from 32.21 billion yuan to 47.08 billion yuan, with an average annual compound growth rate of 13.49%. Ion exchange resin is an important raw material for the production of water treatment agents, and its market demand is gradually growing.

According to the “2023-2027 China Ion Exchange Resin Industry Market Prospects and Investment Strategic Planning Analysis Report” released by the Industrial Research Center, With the gradual advancement of ion exchange technology in my country, the ion exchange resin preparation process has gradually developed, a variety of new processes have gradually emerged, the product comprehensiveness has gradually improved, and the application fields have gradually expanded, gradually expanding to metallurgy, biomedicine, environmental protection, Nuclear power, food, electronics and other fields. Against this background, my country’s ion exchange resin production has gradually increased. According to data released by the Ion Exchange Resin Branch of the China Membrane Industry Association, from 2015 to 2022, my country’s ion exchange resin output has steadily increased from 259,000 tons to 352,300 tons, and the output is expected to reach 369,100 tons by 2023.

Industry analysts said that there are a large number of companies in my country’s ion exchange resin market, and foreign companies mainly include Purolite, Mitsubishi Chemical, and Ceramics Chemicals, Sumitomo Chemical, Lanxess Specialty Chemicals, etc. The main domestic companies include Hengtai Chemical, Jinda Zhengtong, Lanxiao Technology, Shanghai Resin, etc. Since my country’s ion exchange resin enterprise industry is relatively late, there is still a certain gap between production technology and international advanced technology, and the competitiveness of enterprises is relatively weak. With the gradual rise of my country’s ion exchange resin companies, market competitiveness has improved, and the speed of domestic substitution has gradually accelerated.