2017. What happened in the silicone products industry?teethers silicone wholesale

　　2017 is about to become history. In this year, many important things have happened in China, the world, and in various fields. For the silicone products and silicone industry, this year has been a magnificent year, an extraordinary year, and an unforgettable year. There have been many events that have a huge impact on the present and the entire industry in the future! When we waved goodbye to 2017, we looked back at the past 360 days from a 360-degree perspective, and took stock of the ten major events in the silicone industry in the past year (in no particular order)!

　　1. The price of silicone has risen sharply

　　In 2017, the price of silicone products has skyrocketed, especially since July, the price of silicone has been soaring, WACKER, and other companies have issued price increase letters, DMC, 107 glue, silicone oil and other prices have increased across the board! After the gradual completion, go back and rise again! The price increase can be said to be the biggest label in the silicone market in 2017. For this reason, this has also led to a difficult tide of closures for downstream silicone product manufacturers. The price fluctuation gap of the products in the industrial chain is too large, so many It is said that the 17-year silicone industry is overcoming difficulties and walking a single-plank bridge!

　　2. Deep integration of Elkem, BSI, Xinghuo silicone business

　　After Bluestar Silicone International Co., Ltd. (BSI) joined Bluestar Elkem in 2015, Xinghuo Silicones and Lanzhou Silicon also officially joined Elkem on June 28, 2017. The organic silicon business unit of Elkem, France Bluestar Silicones, was also renamed Elkem Silicones and incorporated into Elkem's various management systems.

　　3. Dow and DuPont merged to launch a new brand - Tao Xi

　　On August 31, 2017, the Dow Chemical Company and DuPont officially completed the merger of equals and established "DowDuPont?" (DowDuPont), each holding 50% of the shares. The combined market value exceeds 150 billion US dollars, replacing BASF as the world's largest company The largest chemical company. Subsequently, Dow launched a new brand - Tao Xi (DOWSIL?),

　　4. The International Conference on Silicon Chemistry was held in China for the first time in 53 years

　　On August 7, 2017, the most authoritative international conference in the field of silicon chemistry - the 18th International Conference on Silicon Chemistry and the 6th Asian Conference on Silicon Chemistry was held in Jinan, Shandong. This is the first international conference held in China in 53 years. The silicone technology exchange meeting was attended by more than 600 experts, scholars and front-line personnel from more than ten countries including Germany, Japan, the United States, Canada, France, Russia, and the United Kingdom.

　　5. Silicone companies are competing to be listed

　　On February 13, 2017, Yangzhou Chenhua New Materials was listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange Growth Enterprise Market; on October 25, Guangzhou Jitai Co., Ltd. was listed on the small and medium-sized board; on October 29, Hesheng Silicon A shares were listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. ;November 26, Ningbo Runhe was successfully listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange!

　　6. The organic silicon industry ushered in a wave of expansion

　　In 2017, a number of organosilicon companies put into operation new plants or announced expansion of production capacity:

　　Cabot and Inner Mongolia Hengyecheng jointly build an 8,000-ton fumed silica plant in Wuhai, China; Yichang Huifu Silicon Materials plans to expand its production capacity to 20,000 tons/year;

　　The production capacity of Hesheng's southwest monomer production base has been expanded from 100,000 tons to 180,000 tons, and 200,000 tons have been built in Xinjiang; Dongyue has been expanded by 400,000 tons; Xin'an Group has started 300,000 tons/year of organic silicon monomer chlorine resources comprehensive utilization Project; Wacker Chem announced that it will expand its silicone production capacity in China; Zhejiang Runhe launched a 25,000-ton organic silicon new material expansion project; Guangdong Changlu's 100,000-ton annual silicone sealant project was officially put into production.

　　7. China's polysiloxane exports surge

　　From January to October 2017, the net export volume of primary polysiloxane in my country was 76,000 tons, a year-on-year increase of 261.9%, of which exports to South Korea, the United States and India accounted for about 41% of the total export volume.

　　8. Environmental protection storm swept the country

　　In 2017, national environmental protection inspections and local environmental protection and safety inspections were one after another. Environmental protection measures in the form of production suspensions, production restrictions, fines, and seizures were continuously upgraded, and transportation vehicles were restricted in many places. A large number of silicon companies have been shut down or rectified within a time limit, which has also become one of the important reasons for the price increase of silicone.

　　9. Frequent safety accidents in silicone enterprises

　　On September 7, 2017, a material leakage and explosion occurred at WACKER's production site in Tennessee, USA; on October 18, a fire broke out at Shin-Etsu Group's Asian silicone monomer plant in Thailand; on November 5, Gaoming, Foshan City The original Gaoju Plastic Chemical Co., Ltd. exploded when the old equipment was dismantled, resulting in 1 death and 3 injuries.

　　10. The whole industry took active actions to oppose D4 being included in the priority control list

　　In October, the Ministry of Environmental Protection proposed to include octamethyltetrasiloxane (D4) on the priority control list, which is classified as a persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic chemical. Once listed and determined, it will have a huge impact on the field of silicone applications. All colleagues in the silicone industry are actively working to oppose D4 being included in the list of controlled chemicals.

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