The expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) market continues to expand, with the medical materials field being its largest demand end.

Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) refers to a polymer material made of polytetrafluoroethylene resin through special processing methods such as stretching. Expanded PTFE has properties such as flexibility, elasticity, biocompatibility, wear resistance, and high/low temperature resistance. It is widely used in electronic equipment, medical materials, industrial films, sealing products, polymer fibers and other fields.

            Polytetrafluoroethylene resin is the main raw material of expanded PTFE, accounting for nearly 70% of its production costs. my country is the world’s largest producer and consumer of polytetrafluoroethylene. According to statistics from the China Fluorosilicone Organic Materials Industry Association, my country’s polytetrafluoroethylene production capacity will reach 188,000 tons in 2021, a year-on-year increase of 24.8%, accounting for 60.8% of the world’s total production capacity. High-end PTFE is an ideal raw material for expanded PTFE. However, due to factors such as high technical barriers, my country’s high-end PTFE is highly dependent on imports, which poses challenges to the development of the expanded PTFE industry.

The field of medical materials is the largest demand end for expanded polytetrafluoroethylene. Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene has good biocompatibility and chemical resistance. It is a new type of medical polymer material that can be used to manufacture artificial tracheas, artificial blood vessels, endoscopic catheters, cardiac patches and other materials. Among them, expanded polytetrafluoroethylene Polytetrafluoroethylene artificial trachea is suitable for respiratory tract obstruction and other diseases caused by loss of tracheal cartilage in the larynx and cervical segment. In addition, expanded PTFE can also be used as packaging materials, sealing materials and industrial films.

According to the “2023-2028 expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) industry market in-depth research and investment prospect forecast analysis report》shows that with the growth of downstream demand, the market size of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene continues to expand. The global expanded polytetrafluoroethylene market size will reach 5.19 billion yuan in 2022, a year-on-year increase of 5.1%. With in-depth research and technological advancement, the development speed of the expanded polytetrafluoroethylene industry will further accelerate, and its market size is expected to reach 7 billion yuan by 2028.

In terms of market competition, the main players in the global expanded polytetrafluoroethylene market include Philips of the Netherlands, Donaldson of the United States, ZEUS Industrial Products Company of the United States, Markel of the United States, etc. In terms of the local market, the main players in my country’s expanded polytetrafluoroethylene market include Yonghe Co., Ltd., Pan Asia Micro-Penetration, etc. Pan Asia Micropermeability has independent research and development capabilities for microscopic porous materials such as expanded polytetrafluoroethylene membranes. The company’s products have been applied in industrial filtration, automobile manufacturing and other fields.

Industry analysts said that as a new polymer material, expanded polytetrafluoroethylene has good biocompatibility, wear resistance, With its advantages such as high elasticity, it has broad application prospects in the field of medical materials. Driven by downstream demand, the market size of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene will maintain a growth trend in the future. As the independent research and development capabilities of local enterprises continue to improve, the development speed of my country’s expanded polytetrafluoroethylene industry will further accelerate.