With the continued upgrading of raw materials and production processes, the development trend of the azelaic acid industry is improving.

Azelaic acid is an organic compound with the chemical formula C9H16O4. It appears as white to slightly yellow monoclinic prisms, needle crystals or powder. It is easily soluble in hot water, alcohol and hot benzene, and slightly soluble in water, ether and benzene. . As an important organic acid, azelaic acid has high application value and can be widely used in chemical industry, textile, medicine, daily chemicals and other fields.

Among them, chemical industry is the largest application field of azelaic acid. In this field, it can be used in the synthesis of polymer nylon 69, playing a role in improving the wear resistance, corrosion resistance, and temperature resistance of nylon materials; it can also be used in azelaic acid diamine. Production scenarios of plasticizers and lubricants such as octyl resin and isobutyl azelate. At the same time, medicine is also one of the important application fields of azelaic acid. In this field, it can be used in the manufacturing of acne treatment drugs and skin diseases such as hyperpigmentation, hyperpigmentation, and melanoma.

According to the “Azelaic Acid Industry Development Status and Investment Strategy Suggestions Report in 2023” released by the Industrial Research Center, in recent years, with With the rapid development of the downstream market, the market demand for azelaic acid continues to increase and its scale continues to expand. The global azelaic acid market size will exceed US$12 billion in 2022, and in the next few years, the market will maintain a steady growth trend, and the industry development prospects are good.

From the production side, azelaic acid is currently mainly produced from industrial oleic acid. The main production methods include ozone oxidation, hypochlorite oxidation, hydrogen peroxide oxidation, nitric acid oxidation, molecular oxygen oxidation, Potassium permanganate oxidation method, etc. Among them, the ozone oxidation method is currently the mainstream method for industrial production of azelaic acid. It refers to the method of preparing azelaic acid through ozone oxidation reaction using unsaturated fatty acids or their derivatives as raw materials.

Global oleic acid production will exceed 7.5 million tons in 2022, a year-on-year increase of approximately 5%. The global supply of oleic acid is sufficient, laying a good foundation for the development of the azelaic acid industry. At the same time, in recent years, with the continuous upgrading of technology, biodiesel prepared from animal and vegetable oils, waste oils, oil-containing engineering algae, etc. has emerged as a new azelaic acid raw material that can replace oleic acid. It has a wide source of raw materials, It has the advantages of low production cost, low boiling point and low viscosity. In the future, with the accelerated penetration of biodiesel, azelaic acid can achieve lower-cost production, and the industry development trend is improving.

Industry analysts said that globally, the companies that are developing the azelaic acid market mainly include the British Croda Sipo , German BASF, Italian Matrica, Malaysian Emery Oleochemicals and other international companies, as well as Sichuan Hedaxipu Chemical, Sichuan Jibairui Biomedical Technology, Guangdong Hongyi New Materials, Dongguan Wanbang Chemical, Guangzhou Tinglan Biotechnology, Wuxi Yuanxu Biotechnology, Wuhan Huaer Biotechnology, Beijing Pioneer Innovation Technology, Zhejiang Huanuo Chemical Industry, Shanghai Keyan Biotechnology and other Chinese companies.