Driven by national policies, my country’s fluoroether rubber market share is expected to increase

Fluoroether rubber refers to a binary copolymer elastomer composed of perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether, tetrafluoroethylene and a small amount of vulcanization point-containing monomers. Fluoroether rubber has the advantages of good chemical stability, good heat resistance, good chemical resistance, and good weather resistance. It has broad application prospects in automobile manufacturing, aerospace, petrochemical, electronic and electrical fields.

There are many types of fluorine rubber, mainly including fluoroether rubber, perfluoroelastomer, nitrosyl fluororubber, tetrapropylene fluororubber, fluorosilicone rubber, etc. Fluorine rubber has excellent performance and is widely used in cutting-edge technology fields such as aerospace, atomic energy, and national defense. As market demand becomes increasingly strong, the development of the fluororubber industry continues to accelerate. my country’s fluororubber market size will reach 670 million yuan in 2022, a year-on-year increase of 7.9%. Fluoroether rubber is a subdivided product of fluorine rubber. Compared with other fluororubbers, it has advantages in low temperature resistance and chemical resistance, and its market share is expected to increase in the future.

According to the “2023-2028 China Fluoroether Rubber Industry Market In-depth Research and Development Prospects Forecast Report released by the Industrial Research Center, Fluoroether rubber has broad application prospects in automobile manufacturing, aerospace, petrochemicals, electronics and electrical and other fields. In the field of automobile manufacturing, fluoroether rubber can be used to manufacture automobile shaft seals, valve oil seals, and gearboxes; in the aerospace field, fluoroether rubber can be used to produce aircraft engine seals; in the petrochemical industry, fluoroether rubber has the advantage of corrosion resistance , can be used in refining and chemical production equipment; in the electronic and electrical field, fluoroether rubber can be used to manufacture semiconductor equipment.

On July 14, 2023, the National Development and Reform Commission issued the “Guidance Catalog for Industrial Structural Adjustment (2023 Edition, Draft for Comments)”. The document proposes to include high-performance fluorine rubber such as tetrapropylene fluorine rubber, fluoroether rubber, and fluorosilicone rubber into the nationally encouraged Catalog of petrochemical and chemical industries. It is expected that in the coming period, driven by positive factors such as national policy support, the prosperity of my country’s fluoroether rubber industry will further improve.

The major global manufacturers of fluoroether rubber include DuPont of the United States, 3M Company of the United States, and PPE seals company of the United Kingdom. Among them, DuPont is the first company in the world to develop and produce fluoroether rubber. In terms of the local market, my country’s fluoroether rubber is highly dependent on imports, and there are very few companies with large-scale production capabilities. Flurotech and Yonghong High-tech are the main manufacturers in my country.

Industry analysts said that fluoroether rubber, as a high-performance fluorine rubber, has broad application prospects in aerospace, automobile manufacturing and other fields. my country’s fluoroether rubber industry started late. In recent years, driven by positive factors such as national policy support, local companies and scientific research institutions have continued to increase investment in research and development of fluoroether rubber preparation methods. It is expected that in the coming period, the localization process of my country’s fluoroether rubber market will accelerate.