China to expand market demand for container coatings

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Early birth of China's container industry, only four manufacturers, through 10 years of hard work, beyond South Korea in 1993 to achieve production and sales in the world. China's container industry has been achieved since the first three, namely, the world's container production capacity, type of container size in the world, container production and sales in the world.
China's container exports in 2010 2.5 million, the total value of approximately $ 7,232,000,000. January 2011-February exported 450,000 containers, exports amounted to $ 1.694 billion, an increase of 304%. China's container transportation industry, the future development and there is still much room for improvement, container shipping from China is to achieve a Major power shift. In 2010, China will become the world's largest container shipping center by 2020, China's port container throughput will reach 200 million. With the global container manufacturing center in China to transfer the pattern of the formation of China's container coatings industry has achieved rapid development.
Today, 70% of global container production in China, while 96% of container coatings in China. By the financial crisis, China's container production while maintaining the coating 2006 to 2008, after three years of 280,000 tons in 2009, plunged to 30,000 tons, but in 2010, economic recovery led paint container production reached 100,000 tons, accounting for 2010 paint production was 10.4%, although there are 280,000 tons before the big gap, but the growth rate significantly. Thanks to the development of China's container transport market, China's container coatings production will continue to grow, develop optimistic.

The rapid rise of the domestic container coatings business
In the 1980s, the early development of container manufacturing, container coatings used in China designated by the owners of imported paint. Such as Denmark Hepp (Hempel), Germany's Freilacke company, Sigma, the Netherlands and so on. With the development of China's container industry, foreign more paint factory owner's relationship with the box, have entered our system box industry. Early 1990s, Haihong-Hempel, Shanghai-Kansai, Shanghai-Chugoku, Shanghai-IP, Kunshan-KCC and other paint companies have established joint-venture container, the use of foreign investment in the company's certificate of container coatings and taking care of the national container coatings business.
Since 1993, China successively several research institutes and paint manufacturers to begin developing develop container coatings. Such as China Shipbuilding Corporation Ship Technology Research Institute's products to the United States Konstandt laboratory tests have; Shanghai Kailin paint factory paint container development project had been included in the original Ministry of Chemical Industry and Shanghai eighty-five key project, but are due to various reasons are not implemented.
1996, Shanghai's container marine paint coatings by the U.S. Konstandt laboratory accreditation, and has become the first international standard to produce coatings of paint containers. In 1998, the bulk of the company to undertake a HAPAGLLYD, SÜD, CAPITAL, CRC and other international standards for domestic container production.
1997 Asian financial turmoil container manufacturing, container prices become cheap, the paint industry more competitive.
1998 Shanghai International Paint Company (IP) out of the paint container competition; 2000, Shanghai marine paint company close to collapse, rather than container production coating; with South Korea "modern" and adjust the layout of container plants, KCC's container coatings production plummeted;, the COSCO Kansai, Hepp coatings, diamond industry, mainly in the chemical container coated paint manufacturers began to occupy the majority share of China's container coatings.
2008-2009 four market share of container coatings manufacturers in 2009 Table 2008
Make serial number Make share% share%
1, half-way chemical COSCO Kansai 33.0 31.51
2, intermediate chemical COSCO Kansai 26.22 28.0
3, King Kong Chemical Hepp 20.53 20.0
4, King Kong Chemical 14.0 17.04 Hepp
Total 95.2 Total 95.0

Water-based container coatings become a trend
China is a container manufacturing power, water-based coatings of the container can save energy, reduce pollution, reduce the damage on the production line workers, is the development trend of paint. The development of water-based paint containers need to address corrosion resistance, workability, cost, three major technical challenges, and the system is a long-term work needs to be strengthened with research institutions, manufacturers and raw materials between enterprises of the close cooperation and exchange I believe that with more paint manufacturers to join, is bound to promote water-based container coating technology continues to advance and promote the container industry changes. Development and application of water-based container coatings in industrial anti-corrosion coatings can serve as a model, driven by new water-based resins, additives, anti-rust paint and other materials development, and promote other industries, water-based anti-corrosion coating technology innovation, with a wide range of social and economic benefits.
Although water-based coatings are environmentally friendly, energy saving, convenient construction, etc., but also paint the direction of development, but due to the cost of water-based paint container is always higher than the corresponding solvent-based paint in the container manufacturing industry is extremely competitive today, to persuade box factory and box Lord come pay more money for environmental protection is very difficult, so reducing the cost of water-based paint containers the size of the application the only way. Water-based paint to reduce the cost of container is mainly self-developed water-based resin, rust-proof paint, water-based additives, the domestic research in this area started late, product performance is still a certain gap with foreign companies. Mainly due to less domestic professional research institutions, infrastructure is weak, rapid flow of technical personnel, technical exchanges and other factors lead to less of these materials rely heavily on foreign imports, the lack of domestic innovation. Water-based paint containers can reduce the cost of strengthening research institutions and enterprises from the joint, self-development; stable research team; strengthen technical exchanges in various areas.
As the water-based container coatings raw material costs higher than the corresponding cost of solvent-based paints; box with all of our plants are not equipped with water-based coating process to adapt the container airless spray equipment, heating, drying equipment; the current container is not all boxes East supporting water-based paint containers may be specified; but as the development direction of container coatings, in addition to paint manufacturers to develop, develop new water-based paint products, the need to actively develop and improve the water-based paint coating technology. The U.S. Graco, Germany WIWA company has developed a special water-based paint airless spray equipment, the main components of stainless steel, has mass market for water-based container coatings application of the foundation. In addition, Hempel, Kansai, Chugoku and other paint company has also accelerated the development of water-based container coating speed.

Optimistic about the future of container coatings market
COSCO Kansai Paint & Chemicals Co., Ltd. Mr. Liu Huicheng, deputy chief engineer in 2011, a new starting point "innovation, harmony, responsibility, influence," said coating Forum: container development and economic development are closely related, and often it will lag behind economic growth growth, and often ahead of its recession, the financial crisis is more apparent. So I think the container industry, in the "five" there is a relatively stable period of growth.
At present, the existing 12 Yiduntaigang mainland China, five of which port has entered the top ten world's port throughput, large-scale container port construction also contributed to the development of the industry; in addition to shipping, the container rail transport is another high demand point. 2010, adverse economic strength of China's container transport market, freight rates continue to rise, showing the international financial crisis since the container shipping market is the most popular scenario, container, "a box of hard to find," is expected "five-second" period, the demand for container will continue increase. Container supply, also contributed to the hot container coatings market.
Currently, the world's annual output of 3.2 million container TEUs, was required to paint about 30 million tons, worth about 50 billion yuan. With the gradual economic recovery, national "five" plan to further the implementation of container coatings industry will move forward with growth. HC coating network that Chinese demand for container coatings will maintain this growth, the overall trend of container coatings market optimism.

Source: HC