The consumption of plastics for home appliances continues to grow, and modified plastics have formed a large market demand

Plastic has the characteristics of light weight, high strength, stable chemical properties, good electrical insulation, strong shock absorption, large degree of design freedom, easy processing and molding, and suitable for mass production. It has become an indispensable material in the home appliance industry. Most of the thermoplastics used in home appliances are general-purpose plastics, such as: PP, PS, ABS, PVC, PE, etc.; the engineering plastics used in home appliances mainly include AS, PA, PC, POM, PPO, PPS, PET, PBT, PMMA, LCP , PEEK, PSF, etc. Thermosetting plastics usually include phenolic plastics, amino plastics, epoxy resins, etc.

In recent years, China’s home appliance consumption has continued to transform and upgrade. Refrigerators, washing machines, air conditioners, microwave ovens and other fields have generally shown a good development trend. The demand and quality requirements for plastics have increased, driving the continued consumption of plastics for domestic home appliances. increase. According to the “In-depth Market Research and Development Prospects Forecast Report of China’s Home Appliance Plastics Industry from 2022 to 2026” released by the Industrial Research Center, 2021 In 2018, China’s demand for plastics for household appliances reached 8.3806 million tons.

Driven by the demand for downstream applications, China’s plastics industry for home appliances has made significant technological progress and now has a number of well-known companies with strong R&D capabilities. The technology and quality of some products have reached international advanced levels. These companies include Kingfa Technology, Jubilee Technology, Dawn Shares, Guoen Shares, etc. At the same time, with the upgrading of consumption and the emergence of new home appliances, plastics for home appliances are gradually developing in the direction of specialization, high performance, safety, green and environmental protection.

From the perspective of product segmentation, as the appearance of home appliances becomes more and more diversified and artistic, home appliances have put forward higher requirements for special effect plastics, while general plastics cannot meet the demand for long-term and stable use, and modified plastics are in In terms of basic properties such as flame retardancy, strength, weather resistance, and environmental protection, as well as one-piece molding, rich colors, shock absorption and noise reduction, antibacterial and anti-mildew, there are many advantages that other materials cannot match. Therefore, the upgrading of home appliance consumption will have a greater impact on modified plastics. big market demand.

From the perspective of market competition, with the support of market demand and relevant policies, the number of enterprises in the plastics industry for household appliances in China continues to increase, and industry competition is increasingly intensifying. With the development of the plastics industry for home appliances, a number of relatively competitive leading companies have emerged in the industry, such as Kingfa Technology Co., Ltd., Qingdao Guoen Technology Co., Ltd., Shandong Dawn Polymer Materials Co., Ltd., Guangdong Jubilee Technology Co., Ltd., Huitong New Materials Co., Ltd., etc., rely on their strong competitive strength to occupy a large market share in the plastics industry for home appliances.

Industry analysts said that in the home appliance industry represented by Kingfa Technology, Guoen Technology, Dawn Technology, Jubilee Technology, etc. Driven by the development of plastic manufacturing enterprises, my country’s home appliance plastic industry has completed the transformation from introduction, improvement to innovation. The industry has made great progress, but there are still certain problems in the development of the industry, such as insufficient core technology development capabilities, Due to the weak supply capacity of high-end products, most companies in the industry still produce mainly mid- to low-end plastics for home appliances. From this point of view, my country’s plastics industry for home appliances still has room for improvement in product research and development and innovation.