As the upstream and downstream industry chains continue to benefit, the development trend of the HPEG industry is improving.

HPEG, methylallyl alcohol polyoxyethylene ether, refers to the large monomer of a new generation of high-efficiency concrete water-reducing agent-polycarboxylate water-reducing agent. It looks like a white solid, non-toxic, non-irritating, and easily soluble. It has good water solubility in water and various organic solvents and will not hydrolyze or deteriorate. HPEG mainly uses methylallyl alcohol and ethylene oxide as raw materials, and is produced through catalyst reaction, polymerization reaction and other links. Methallyl alcohol and ethylene oxide are the key raw materials of HPEG. In 2022, the domestic production capacity of methylallyl alcohol will be approximately 120,000 tons, and the total ethylene oxide production capacity will exceed 5 million tons. The sufficient supply of upstream raw materials has laid a good foundation for the development of the domestic HPEG industry.

HPEG is the macromonomer of polycarboxylate water-reducing agent. Polycarboxylate water-reducing agent particles synthesized using HPEG have excellent dispersion and retention properties, and can achieve high durability, environmental friendliness, non-corrosion of steel bars, and efficient water reduction. At present, HPEG has become an indispensable raw material for the production of high-performance, high-end polycarboxylate superplasticizer products.

According to the“Research Report on Market Monitoring and Future Development Prospects of China’s HPEG Industry from 2023 to 2027” released by the Industrial Research Center It shows that water reducing agent is the fifth key component of concrete after sand, stone, cement and water. In recent years, with the rapid development of the domestic concrete market, polycarboxylate water reducing agent Market demand continues to increase, driving production capacity to continue to increase. In 2022, domestic polycarboxylate water-reducing agent production capacity will exceed 2.6 million tons. As a key raw material for polycarboxylate water-reducing agents, HPEG’s market demand continues to increase. In 2022, the domestic HPEG market demand will exceed 1.8 million tons.

At the same time, under the background of steady increase in demand for concrete in the domestic real estate and infrastructure fields in the future, the market demand for polycarboxylate water-reducing agents and its raw material HPEG is expected to continue to grow. The rapid development of downstream application fields has brought broad demand space to the domestic HPEG market, and the industry development trend is improving.

As the demand for HPEG continues to grow, the number of domestic companies in this field continues to increase. The main companies include Liaoning Aoke Chemical, Zhejiang Sanjiang Chemical, Shanghai Jiahua Chemical, Sichuan Shida Chemical, Zhejiang Huangma Chemical, Liaoning Kelong Fine Chemical, etc. Among them, Aoke Chemical is my country’s leading HPEG company. The company’s annual HPEG production capacity has exceeded 800,000 tons. Its production capacity ranks first in the proportion of total domestic production capacity, and the industry concentration is high.

Industry analysts said that methylallyl alcohol polyoxyethylene ether (HPEG) is the largest purchaser of polycarboxylate water-reducing agents. body. Methacrylic alcohol and ethylene oxide are the key raw materials of HPEG. At present, the domestic production capacity of these two types of materials is relatively high, the supply is sufficient, and the industry development foundation is good; concrete is the terminal application field of HPEG, and it is currently developing rapidly in the domestic infrastructure and real estate industries. Driven by the continuous expansion of the scale of the concrete market, the demand for polycarboxylate superplasticizers and their macromonomers continues to increase, and the HPEG market has broad development space. Overall, the current development of my country’s HPEG industry is favored by the upstream and downstream industries. A number of leading companies with scale and technological advantages have emerged, and the overall development trend of the industry is improving.