The polymeric toner (chemical toner) industry has great room for development, and color polymeric toner is its mainstream product.

Toner, also known as toner, refers to the powdery substance used in laser printing. According to different preparation methods, it can be divided into two types: crushed toner and polymerized toner. Polymerized toner, also known as chemical toner, refers to toner made by polymerization. Compared with crushed toner, polymerized toner has the advantages of good fluidity, uniform particle size distribution, and high transfer rate. It is mainly used in laser printers and multi-function copiers.

The polymerization method is the main preparation method for polymerized toner, including chemical crushing, emulsion polymerization, suspension polymerization, compression polymerization, dispersion polymerization, etc. The preparation of polymerized toner requires processes such as raw material preparation, dispersion, stirring, polymerization, cleaning, filtration, drying, and modification. Polymerized toner is prone to problems such as environmental pollution and explosion during the preparation process, and requires extremely high operating equipment. In recent years, with the gradual implementation of national environmental protection policies and the increased investment in R&D by local enterprises, the maturity of my country’s polymeric toner technology has improved, and green environmental protection has gradually become the mainstream trend of industry development.

​​​​Crushed toner and polymerized toner are representative products in the toner market. Crushed toner refers to toner made by physical methods. It has the advantages of low production cost, green environmental protection, and high yield of finished products. It accounts for nearly 70% of my country’s toner market. Polymerized toner has excellent performance and can meet the needs of color, high-speed, and high-resolution printing. However, its production is difficult and costly, resulting in a relatively low market share. There is still huge room for development in the industry.

According to the “2023-2028 China Polymer Toner (Chemical Toner) Industry Market In-depth Research and Development Prospects Forecast Report span>》shows that polymeric toner is a general consumable for printing and copying, and is mainly used in laser printers and multi-function copiers. Color polymeric toner is the mainstream product in the polymeric toner market. In 2022, the global color polymeric toner market will reach nearly 30 billion yuan. Benefiting from the increasingly strong market demand for color polymeric toner, the prosperity of the polymeric toner industry continues to increase.

The major global manufacturers of polymeric toner include Japan’s Konica Minolta Materials Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (KONICA), Japan’s Canon Co., Ltd. (Canon), and the United States’ Fuji Xerox Company (FUJI-XEROX), etc. There are few participants in my country’s polymeric toner market and the industry concentration is high. Dinglong Co., Ltd. is the leading company in my country. Dinglong Co., Ltd. focuses on the R&D, production and sales of CMP materials and printing consumables. It is the only company in my country with independent intellectual property rights for color polymeric toners.

          Industry analysts said that polymeric toner has excellent performance and good application prospects. Color polymeric toner, as a segmented product of polymeric toner, has strong market demand, which provides favorable conditions for the development of the polymeric toner industry. Compared with overseas developed countries, my country’s polymeric toner industry started late, but its development momentum is rapid. In the future, as local companies continue to advance in technology, the quality and output of my country’s polymeric toner will improve.