Tire industry transformation and upgrading, tire pre-vulcanization market has huge space

Tire pre-vulcanization generally uses electron beam (EB) pre-vulcanization technology. EB processing technology is a type of radiation processing technology. Therefore, tire pre-vulcanization is also called tire EB pre-vulcanization and tire radiation pre-vulcanization. Tire pre-vulcanization uses high-energy electron beams generated by electron accelerators to activate rubber molecules to generate rubber macromolecule free radicals, thereby forming a three-dimensional network structure, which can increase the mechanical strength of rubber, improve tire quality, and reduce environmental pollution. The energy-saving features are currently widely used in the global tire industry.

According to the “In-depth Market Research and Investment Strategy Suggestions Report on Tire Prevulcanization Industry 2022-2026” released by the Industrial Research Center, my country It is the world’s largest automobile producer. The number of automobiles continues to increase, and the demand for new additions and replacements has driven the continuous growth of my country’s tire production. According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, from January to December 2021, my country’s rubber tire casing production was 899.108 million units, a year-on-year increase of 10.8%. For a long time, my country’s tire industry has mainly produced mid-to-low-end products and entered the international market with price advantages. The high-end market has weak competitiveness and the profitability of enterprises is not as good as that of overseas enterprises, which is not conducive to the healthy development of the industry. Tire pre-vulcanization can improve tire quality, so industry development has attracted attention.

Tire pre-vulcanization can adopt a modular layout and can be directly embedded in the existing tire production line without the need for large-scale transformation of the production line. Tire pre-vulcanization is a type of nuclear technology. Nuclear technology is also called non-power nuclear technology, which refers to nuclear technology other than nuclear weapons and nuclear power. The market space in this field is huge. The output value of U.S. nuclear technology accounts for 3% of GDP. , my country has a big gap compared with it. In the “13th Five-Year Plan”, nuclear technology was included as a strategic emerging industry by the Chinese government. The promotion of national policies, the demand for transformation and upgrading of the tire industry, and the huge development space have jointly promoted the gradual development and growth of my country’s tire pre-vulcanization industry.

In 2015, my country’s first EB (electron beam) pre-vulcanization device was successfully used in the all-steel radial tire production line of Shuangqian Group (Jiangsu) Tire Co., Ltd. China General Nuclear Technology focuses on the nuclear technology industry in China, and irradiation processing is one of its three major business sectors, including tire pre-vulcanization. The technical barriers to tire pre-vulcanization are high. Before 2015, my country’s market was monopolized by foreign companies, and the procurement cost of related equipment was high. Although the bottleneck of tire pre-vulcanization technology in my country has been broken through at this stage, the number of domestic manufacturers is still small.

Industry analysts people said that Shandong is a major tire production province in my country. In November 2021, the Shandong Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology issued the ” The “14th Five-Year Plan” Development Plan for the Chemical Industry of Shandong Province proposes to actively promote green tire production processes such as chemical rubber mixing and radiation pre-vulcanization technology, encourage the secondary use of tires, promote green pyrolysis and carbon black regeneration technologies for waste tires, and promote the industry Green circular development. Driven by policies, the popularity of tire pre-vulcanization applications in my country will continue to increase, which will benefit the development of the tire pre-vulcanization industry, and capable companies can enter this field.