Development Trend of Waterborne Coatings Industry

With the progress of science and technology and the rapid development of the national economy, people's awareness of environmental protection is increasing, the requirements for health are getting higher and higher, environmental protection regulations are becoming more and more perfect, saving money and energy, protecting the environment, has become the main problem facing the global coating interface. The development of water-based paint has received worldwide attention: in developed countries in Europe and America, the penetration rate of water-based paint has reached80%Above. The coating industry can be roughly divided into three application areas, and water-based coatings occupy a considerable proportion in the two largest application areas. In the field of architectural coatings, water-based coatings are dominant in industrially developed countries, such as in Germany.93%Even in Norway, the slowest developing country in Western Europe, there are60%share. In the field of industrial coatings, water-based industrial coatings in Europe have exceeded100million tons,2015The year will reach200Tons. Waterborne industrial coatings in the world industrial coatings have accounted30%,2015The year will reach50%Above. Now the European water-based industrial coatings have accounted40%In the field of special coatings, at present, water-based coatings are developing at an unprecedented speed to automobile repair coatings, anti-corrosion coatings, road marking coatings and other fields with a large proportion.

   The development of water-based paint in China is only limited to the interior and exterior wall paint of buildings. Water-based industrial paint is still in its infancy, but its market demand is growing rapidly. Waterborne wood paint, water-based anti-corrosion paint, water-based anti-rust paint, water-based metal paint and other new products will gradually occupy the dominant position in the coating.

Relevant experts pointed out that after breaking through the key technology, water-based paint will achieve rapid growth in the future.5～8year,Water-based paint will occupy the domestic industrial market50%share of the above. In this big wave of industrial upgrading, the market pattern of the coating industry will produce great changes.

   In today's world, "energy saving and environmental protection" has become an industrial policy to encourage the development of enterprises. Enterprises have seized this opportunity to strengthen the concept of environmental protection, develop green products, expand the green market, implement green public relations, and establish a green image in order to win the first opportunity in the future market. In this environment, the Chinese paint industry have turned to war."Water-based market"Everyone is optimistic about the prospects of water-based coatings, to protect the environment as its own responsibility, pay attention to the production of pollution-free products, advocate nature, the pursuit of health, pay attention to the quality of the home environment, advocate green consumption, which will be a huge driving force for the development of China's water-based coatings industry.

   It is obvious that the promotion and application of water-based coatings will drive the entire coating industry to a new level.

 The development of water-based coatings also needs the support of policies and regulations.

  In recent years, the hazards of volatile organic compounds in coatings to the environment and human body have attracted increasing attention, and water-based coatings can greatly reduceVOCemissions, effectively reducing the impact on the environment.

It also helps to reduce the potential probability of occupational diseases, reduce fire risks and storage hazards, simplify and reduce the process and cost of ventilation and water treatment in enterprises. However, at present, the development of water-based coatings in China seems to have encountered some obstacles, mainly in the improvement of policies and regulations, the strengthening of technological innovation and the popularization of public awareness. Looking back on the development history of water-based coatings in Europe and the United States, policies and regulations have played a vital role in it. The successive introduction of strict policies and regulations has forced many paint companies to upgrade their industries and embark on the road of water-based. On the contrary, due to the imperfection of policies and regulations, coating enterprises do not really pay attention to the development of water-based coatings, and the short-sightedness of enterprises will cause little investment in the water-based coating market, which can not affect the final purchase behavior of consumers, and the behavior of consumers will affect the judgment of policy makers and enterprises on the water-based coating market. Therefore, to speed up the development of water-based coatings in China, we should start with policies and regulations, technology promotion, market education and other aspects.

Increase market promotion and technology investment

   Water-based paint has been due to performance and price and other disadvantages, restricting its promotion of the road. But at present, due to the rising price of raw materials, the price of some oil-based coatings has risen, which can be said to have brought some development to the water-based coatings market.

  At present, the difficulty of the comprehensive promotion of water-based paint is mainly that its process is not as mature as traditional paint, and manufacturers also need to make greater improvements and improvements in the physical properties of water-based paint. In view of this, water-based paint in the market can not occupy an absolute advantage. To sum up, if water-based paint wants to completely replace oil-based paint, it still needs to cross a long and difficult mileage. No matter what kind of process it takes to replace oil-based paint with water-based paint, in the long run, water-based paint instead of oil-based paint will be an inevitable development trend of paint.

Water-based coatings will represent the future direction of development

  Nowadays, people's living standards are increasing, and more and more attention is paid to environmental protection and health in the process of decoration, which promotes the demand of water-based coatings. Secondly, as China's coating industry in the research, production and application of water-based coatings is advancing at an unprecedented speed, new products emerge in endlessly, expanding the market space of water-based coatings. Also, the above mentioned due to the rising prices of raw materials, resulting in oil paint prices higher than the price of some water-based coatings, the emergence of this situation, but also to promote the development of water-based coatings a rare opportunity.

   Now, the development of water-based coatings in China can be said to have occupied the time, place, people and people, China's water-based coatings industry will achieve a leap. However, we must also realize that water-based coatings are not omnipotent. At present, it is too early to completely replace solvent-based coatings with water-based coatings in many fields. Some water-based coatings have not caught up with solvent-based coatings in terms of water resistance, hardness, gloss and other performance indicators. There is still a lot of work to be done in the development of basic materials, the synthesis of film-forming substances, the innovation of film-forming mechanism, the improvement of production process, the reduction of manufacturing cost and the maturity and standardization of coating process. As the paint experts said, should be down-to-earth to promote the healthy development of the cause of water-based coatings, must not take this hype, those who nominal their own paint zeroVOCThe practice is not good.