The advantages of ship composite materials continue to be highlighted, and the market size shows continued growth.

Composite materials refer to new materials that use advanced material preparation technology to optimize the combination of two or more substances with different properties. Composite materials used in the field of ships are referred to as ship composite materials. At present, there are various types of ship composite materials. According to different matrix materials, they can be divided into polymer matrix composite materials, metal matrix composite materials, and inorganic non-metal matrix composite materials. Among them, polymer-based composite materials are the mainstream products in the ship composite materials market, mainly including fiber-reinforced plastics and fiberglass reinforced plastics.

Compared with traditional materials, ship composite materials have the characteristics of high strength and light weight, which can effectively improve the hull reserve buoyancy and ship sailing speed, and meet the needs of ship lightweighting; they have a high degree of integration and can perform well while meeting the load-bearing capacity of the ship structure. Design; has good corrosion resistance, strong plasticity, and non-magnetic characteristics, and can adapt to special working environments such as high salt, high humidity, and ultraviolet rays on ships; has strong anti-aging properties, which can effectively extend the service life of ships.

Currently, as the advantages of ship composite materials continue to highlight and the preparation costs continue to decrease, their application areas are gradually expanding, and they are currently widely used in yachts, sailing boats, rescue boats, patrol boats, law enforcement boats, anti-smuggling boats and other ship types. As one of the major shipbuilding countries in the world, my country has seen an increasing demand for ship composite materials in recent years, and its scale has increased year by year against the background of the continuous increase in domestic shipbuilding orders. According to the “2022-2027 Ship Composite Materials Industry Market In-depth Research and Investment Prospects Forecast Analysis Report” released by the Industrial Research Center, In 2021, the domestic market demand for ship composite materials has reached 352,000 tons, a year-on-year increase of 14.7%; the market size has reached 8.17 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15.3%.

However, what is not matched by the rapidly growing market demand is that my country’s ship composite material enterprises are still far behind similar enterprises in developed countries in terms of product quality, production technology, product specifications, product categories and corporate brand building levels. However, key materials such as carbon fiber, thermoplastic resin, and glass fiber still rely on imports.

Industry Analysts personnel said that domestic ship composite materials companies mainly include Guangwei Composite Materials, Jiumei FRP Co., Ltd., Tianchang Composite Materials, Shuang One Technology Co., Ltd. In recent years, with national policies strongly supporting industry development and local companies accelerating research and development, the localization process of my country’s ship composite materials market has been accelerating. Among them, in terms of high-end carbon fiber products, the local enterprise Guangwei Composite Materials has achieved engineering production of T1000 grade carbon fiber. The project is in the early stage of industrialization. In the future, as its industrialization process continues to accelerate, the domestic level of my country’s carbon fiber market is expected to continue. Improvement, thereby promoting the rapid development of the ship composite materials industry.