Plastic additives market trends

High-efficiency, special effects, non-toxicity, pollution-free, and compound multifunctionality are the general development trends of plastic additives. From the perspective of development trend of plastic additives, impact modifiers are mainly based on products with excellent overall performance; plasticizers are used to improve the special properties of plastic products, and the research and development investment in lipid plasticizers is accelerated; antioxidants are compounded. Product-based; light stabilizers have begun to exhibit high relative molecular mass, low alkalinity, multi-functionality, reactivity, and diversification of functional groups. Moreover, many new functional additives continue to emerge.
With the improvement of the quality and performance requirements of plastic products, the development of highly efficient and versatile plastic additive products has become a major investment focus for domestic and foreign companies. For example, antistatic agents that were previously mainly used to reduce the surface resistance of plastic products and eliminate static electricity on the surface are currently being improved in terms of durability, heat resistance, functionality, flame retardancy, and transparency, and varieties have been serialized.
With the gradual improvement of environmental protection regulations, plastic additives with hidden dangers in environmental protection, such as lead heat stabilizers, will be replaced by plastic additives with good safety, environmental protection performance and reasonable cost. In particular, some plastic products have to go abroad, both domestic consumers and export inspections, will put forward more stringent requirements for the green safety standards of plastic products. Therefore, the development of environmentally friendly plastic additives has become a hot spot. For example, flame retardant, a functional additive that can impart flame retardancy and smoke resistance to plastic products, is generally divided into brominated flame retardants, chlorine flame retardants, phosphorus flame retardants, and inorganic flame retardants. class. With increasingly stringent environmental protection requirements, non-toxic flame retardants have become a hot spot for corporate investment. In particular, on March 1 this year, the Ministry of Public Security’s “Burning Performance Requirements and Labels for Flame-Retardant Products and Components in Public Places” began to be implemented. The use of flame retardants for plastic products in public places has been followed. This will play a role in promoting the development of China's flame retardant industry.