Foaming agents have a wide range of applications and market demand will maintain a growth trend.

Foaming agent is a type of substance that can form a microporous structure in rubber or plastic in a liquid or plastic state within a certain viscosity range. Foaming agent has the characteristics of strong foaming ability, high surface activity, large amount of foam production, and fine foam. It is an important material for the production of foaming materials and is widely used in the production of rubber, sponges, automobiles, shoe products, construction, plastics, etc. .

There are many types of foaming agents. According to the different ways of generating bubbles, foaming agents can be divided into two categories: physical foaming agents and chemical foaming agents. Physical foaming agents include Freon, dichloroethane, carbon dioxide, etc., and chemical foaming agents Agents include ADC foaming agents, urea-amino compounds, azide compounds, etc.; according to different chemical properties, foaming agents are divided into two categories: inorganic foaming agents and organic foaming agents; according to different product forms, foaming agents are divided into Solid blowing agents, liquid blowing agents and gas blowing agents.

According to the “2023-2027 China Foaming Agent Market In-depth Research Report” released by the Industrial Research Center, the application fields of foaming agents Extensive, with the release of downstream market demand, the global foaming agent market continues to expand, reaching approximately US$1.83 billion in 2021. It is expected that the global foaming agent market will continue to grow from 2023 to 2027, with an average annual compound growth rate of about 5.5%. In the international market, foaming agent suppliers include Honeywell, Arkema, Korea Jinyang, etc.

Common types of foaming agents include HFCs foaming agents, ADC foaming agents, nitroso foaming agents, etc. Among them, HFCs foaming agents have been upgraded to the fourth generation HFOs foaming agents, but the fourth generation foaming agents are patented And technical barriers are high, and the global market size is still small at this stage. Domestic foaming agent manufacturers include Shilong Industrial, Jiangsu Thorpe, Jiangsu Thorpe Co., Ltd., Weifang Yaxing Chemical, Fujian Longyan Longhua Group, etc. my country is a major producer and consumer of foaming agents. In the future, the growing demand for foaming agents in packaging, plastics, rubber, construction and other fields will promote the further development of the Chinese market.

Foaming agents have a wide range of applications. However, with the tightening of environmental protection supervision, traditional foaming agents can no longer meet market demand. New foaming agents with safe, green, environmentally friendly and multi-functional characteristics have emerged, such as microsphere foaming agents. , supercritical carbon dioxide foaming agent, etc. Modification technology is also the focus of research in the field of foaming agents. Currently, foaming agent modification mainly focuses on two aspects: anti-leakage modification and activation modification.

Industry analysts said that there are many types of foaming agents, but with the upgrading of the rubber, plastics, and construction industries, the application of traditional foaming agents will be restricted, and the new foaming agent market has good development prospects. Foaming agents have a wide range of applications and market demand continues to grow. In the future, as environmental protection supervision becomes increasingly strict and modification technology advances, the foaming agent industry will continue to upgrade towards environmental protection, new type, high-end, and multi-function.