Driven by downstream market demand, the development space of cyanoacrylate continues to increase

Cyanoacrylate is a collective name for a series of substances. The subdivided products with large application scale mainly include 2-methyl cyanoacrylate, 2-ethyl cyanoacrylate, α-n-butyl cyanoacrylate, 2-cyanoacrylate Octyl cyanoacrylate, etc., is a type of powerful quick-drying adhesive that can be used in industrial, medical, household and other scenarios.

Cyanoacrylate will quickly polymerize and solidify when exposed to water, and has strong adhesive properties. When used as an adhesive and applied to the surface of a material, it can solidify by absorbing trace amounts of water vapor in the air, thereby bonding two pieces of material together.

Used in industrial and household scenes, the product names of adhesives made of cyanoacrylate as the main material mainly include universal glue, AA super glue, instant glue, 501 glue, 502 glue, etc., which are based on cyanoacrylate alone. The main component is compounded by adding thickeners, plasticizers, stability and other additives. The product has strong adhesion, can be cured at room temperature, has a fast curing speed, has simple ingredients, is solvent-free, is easy to use, and can be used for bonding. Various materials such as metal, plastic, glass, wood, etc.

Used in medical scenarios, cyanoacrylate is a clinically important medical adhesive. Products include rapid medical glue, etc., which have tissue adhesion and antibacterial properties. They are mainly used in the field of skin wound adhesion, such as accidental trauma or surgery. Skin wounds caused by surgery no longer use traditional suturing, but use cyanoacrylate to close and stop bleeding. As medical and cosmetic technologies continue to advance, the demand for cyanoacrylate continues to grow in the fields of minimally invasive endoscopic diagnosis, minimally invasive interventional surgery, and plastic surgery.

According to the “China Cyanoacrylate Industry Market In-depth Research and Development Prospects Forecast Report 2023-2028” released by the Industrial Research Center , in 2022, the global adhesive market size will be approximately US$472.8 billion; in 2022, the global medical adhesive market size will be approximately 59.2 billion yuan. Since 2016, except for a few years, the global adhesive market has shown a continuous upward trend, while the medical adhesive market has shown a steady growth trend. Cyanoacrylate adhesives are the mainstream adhesive product type, and cyanoacrylate medical adhesives are one of the two most common types of medical adhesives. Against this background, the cyanoacrylate market space continues to grow.

Industry analysts said that globally, the main cyanoacrylate manufacturers include DowDuPont of the United States, 3M, American Parker Hannifin, American Eastman, American Ashland, American Master Bond, French Arkema, German Henkel AG & Co. KGaA ), Germany’s Evonik, Britain’s Permabond, Japan’s Mitsubishi Chemical, etc.

Cyanoacrylate monomer is the main raw material for the production of cyanoacrylate adhesives, and cyanoacrylate monomer is made from ethyl cyanoacetate. my country is the world’s largest producer of ethyl cyanoacetate and cyanoacrylate monomers. In addition to supplying domestic market demand, domestic products are also exported to overseas markets in large quantities. Overall, the development of my country’s cyanoacrylate industry has raw material advantages, but there is a large gap between local cyanoacrylate manufacturers and foreign companies in terms of scale development.