Introduction to new materials, environmental protection is the innovative direction of polyurethane catalyst materials. VOCs produced by polyurethane foam materials, adhesives, coatings, synthetic leather, etc. in the car are the main factors affecting the air quality in the car.
“my country’s automobile production and sales have ranked first in the world for eight consecutive years. In the future, our country’s automobile industry will still show a good development trend, and polyurethane used in automobile interior materials The market demand will also maintain a strong growth trend. As consumers continue to have higher requirements for the quality, function, and environmental protection of automobile interiors, ecological functional polyurethane products will be the focus of development of automotive materials and face huge market opportunities. “China. Lu Guoguo, secretary-general of the Polyurethane Association, told reporters.
A few days ago, the 2017 Polyurethane Materials Automotive Application Conference, jointly sponsored by the China Polyurethane Industry Association and the Chongqing Changshou Economic Development Zone Management Committee, was held in Chongqing. Experts pointed out that my country’s current automotive polyurethane should conform to the trend of downstream industries, expand market applications, take advantage of regional agglomeration development, and innovatively develop products with low VOC (volatile organic compounds), high flame retardancy, and high comfort.
For this reason, experts said that the development direction of automotive polyurethane materials mainly includes six aspects. First, the functional composite of multiple materials has gradually become one of the important technical means to improve the performance of non-metallic automotive parts. For example, TPU and PP, PVC, PC, PA and other plastics, TPU and rubber form composite materials with excellent cost performance, which can be used in Play a major role in the automotive industry; second, the development of polyurethane foams and products is gradually developing towards lightweight, multi-hardness, low odor, low haze, aging resistance, storage stability and more environmentally friendly; third, material formulation, molding The process needs to be further optimized and must comply with the requirements of national laws, regulations and standards; fourth, material interface compatibility, reaction heat release, curing speed and stability deserve attention; fifth, new material test and evaluation methods need to be developed between material manufacturers and automobiles. Manufacturers have unified standards and generated corresponding market demand; sixth, with the continuous improvement of the technical level of the polyurethane industry, the demand for ecological functional polyurethane products will increase significantly, especially the demand for microfiber PU leather. It will get bigger and bigger.
Fu Xiangsheng, vice president of the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation, said that as a major producer of polyurethane, my country has a variety ofPolyurethane catalystThe raw material technology is advanced and the output is leading, but overall there are still problems of excess of low-end and lack of high-end. The automobile is an important downstream market for polyurethane. Currently, 60% of automotive foam materials are polyurethane materials. The polyurethane industry must seize the development trend of lightweight, high-end, high comfort, safety and environmental protection in the automotive industry, strengthen technological innovation, and achieve transformation and upgrading.
