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Analysis of the Current Status of the Adhesive Industry

Adhesives are substances with good adhesion properties, capable of bonding two or more objects together. After curing, they exhibit a certain degree of strength. They can be natural or synthetic, organic or inorganic. There are various types of adhesives, often referred to as adhesives, bonding agents, and sealants; however, in daily life, they are commonly called glue.

The Importance of the Development of the Adhesive Industry in China

Due to the advantages of adhesives, such as wide application, ease of use, and high economic efficiency, with the development of science and technology, adhesives are increasingly replacing mechanical connections, providing an effective way for various industries to simplify processes, save energy, reduce costs, and improve economic efficiency. Currently, the application fields of adhesives in China are continuously expanding, mainly from wood processing, construction, and packaging industries to clothing, light industry, machinery manufacturing, aerospace, electronics, advertising, transportation, medical care, postal services, warehousing, and other fields, becoming an indispensable important chemical product in the national economy and people's lives.

Proportion of Downstream Market Applications of Adhesives

Investigation and Analysis of the Scale of China's Adhesive Market

In 2014, the size of China's adhesive market was 82.31 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 6.1%. By 2018, the market size exceeded 100 billion yuan, reaching 102.78 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 4.05%.

Comparison of Market Size and Growth Rate of China's Adhesive Industry from 2015 to 2019

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Since 2009, the output of adhesives in China has continued to grow. In 2017, the domestic output of adhesives reached 7.962 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 8.49%, and the consumption reached 7.88 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 9.2%.

Statistics and Growth Rate Comparison of China's Adhesive Industry Output from 2015 to 2019

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Analysis of the Development Trend of the Domestic Adhesive Industry

Environmentally Friendly Adhesives

Traditional adhesives contain benzene, toluene, and volatile organic solvents during use, which harm human health and pollute the environment. They also pose risks of combustion or explosion during storage or preparation. Environmentally friendly adhesives, on the other hand, are non-toxic, safe, and environmentally friendly, representing the mainstream direction of the adhesive market development.

High-Performance Adhesives

Although China's adhesive production has risen to the third place in the world, it mainly focuses on general-purpose and low-to-mid-range adhesives. The proportion of high-value-added adhesives such as polyurethane adhesives, epoxy adhesives, silicone adhesives, and silicone-modified acrylic adhesives is still low, and the variety is limited. Compared with similar foreign products, there is still a significant gap in quality. Therefore, the development of new adhesives with excellent water resistance, weather resistance, high-temperature resistance, high strength, and high flame retardancy using technologies such as copolymerization, blending, grafting, crosslinking, interpenetrating networks, and ultraviolet radiation will become a research hotspot and a new profit growth point for China's adhesive industry.

Gradual Popularization of Nanotechnology

In order to develop environmentally friendly adhesives and meet the diversified needs of various application fields in the industry, new technologies, especially nanotechnology, undoubtedly represent the future of the adhesive industry.

Scale and Intensive Development

Currently, most of China's adhesive manufacturers are small and medium-sized enterprises, some of which are small workshop-style enterprises. Most of these enterprises produce low-end products, relying on mass production and small profits but high sales volume to obtain relatively low profit returns. With the increase in raw material and labor costs in this industry, China's adhesive industry is accelerating the adjustment of its scale structure, carrying out large-scale restructuring of the industry, concentrating on advantageous enterprises, and achieving intensive and large-scale development of adhesives.

In order to provide a complete solution for the comprehensive environmental protection of the footwear industry, Yutian Bali Technology focuses on the research and development of high-performance environmentally friendly water-based adhesives. In 2007, it launched the first water-based PU adhesive with independent intellectual property rights, obtaining the first "Water-based adhesive for shoes and its production method" invention patent from the State Intellectual Property Office. The company's products have passed the environmental protection mark product certification, NQA environmental management system, and ISO14001 international environmental system certifications.

Environmental protection is the general trend of the adhesive industry, and Yutian Bali will continue to strengthen the research and development and production of high-performance and high-quality adhesives in the future, closely following market demand, and creating a full-chain solution integrating technology research and development, product manufacturing, process guidance, and after-sales service, making it easier, more efficient, and more in line with the direction of market development.