Hollow glass microbeads are a sunrise industry and have broad market prospects with the support of national policies.

Hollow glass microspheres are an inorganic non-metallic spherical material with a hollow structure. The main component is borosilicate. Hollow glass microspheres have the characteristics of light weight, high strength, good stability, and good fluidity. They also have excellent properties such as low oil absorption, good insulation, fire resistance, corrosion resistance, and non-toxicity that ordinary materials do not have. They are known as ” Space Age Materials.” According to the source, hollow glass microspheres can be divided into natural hollow glass microspheres and artificial hollow glass microspheres. Artificial hollow glass microspheres have strong controllability and high added value, and are the mainstream products in the hollow glass microsphere market.

According to the “2023-2027 China Hollow Glass Microbeads Market Feasibility Research Report released by the Industrial Research Center, hollow glass microspheres The upstream of the bead industry chain is mainly the supply layer of raw materials, including quartz sand, limestone, feldspar, soda ash and other inorganic minerals. Hollow glass microspheres are precision new materials, and product quality is greatly affected by the quality of upstream raw materials. The middle reaches of the industrial chain is the production layer of hollow glass microbeads. At present, the preparation methods of hollow glass microbeads mainly include gas phase method, sol-gel method and aerogel method. The properties of hollow glass microbeads produced by different methods are different. Producers can according to Different methods are required to be put into production. The downstream of the industrial chain is the application field. Hollow glass microspheres have excellent performance, low production cost, and high cost performance. They are widely used in a variety of heavy industries supported by the country, such as building materials, petrochemicals, metallurgy, deep sea, aerospace and other industries. Market demand big.

Hollow glass microspheres belong to the field of new chemical materials, and the development of the industry is strongly supported by national policies. In February 2023, the State Council issued the “Outline for Building a Quality Power”, which focused on promoting technological development in the field of new materials, strengthening the application of new materials, and expanding the application fields of new materials. Against this background, the hollow glass microsphere industry has developed rapidly and market demand has increased. At the same time, the state also builds new materials industry application insurance, provides the new materials industry with special funds such as Made in China 2025, and provides financial support for the development of the hollow glass microbead industry.

my country’s hollow glass microsphere industry started late and developed slowly. At present, there are many hollow glass microsphere manufacturers in my country, but there are few large-scale systematic brands, and a large amount of the market is occupied by the American 3M company. Compared with advanced foreign companies, the technology of Chinese companies is relatively backward, and product quality cannot yet meet high-end application scenarios. High-performance hollow glass bead products are highly dependent on overseas companies.

Industry analysts said that hollow glass beads are a rising industry with a wide range of applications. At the same time, they have received strong support from the country and the market prospects are bright. . my country’s hollow glass microbead enterprises should increase technology research and development efforts, or introduce advanced technology from abroad, improve product quality and production efficiency, enter the mid-to-high-end hollow glass microbead market as soon as possible, and at the same time create a domestic hollow glass microbead brand and accelerate market localization. process.