Market size
Global market: In 2022, the global market size of polymer material chemical additives will reach nearly 150 billion yuan, an increase of more than 10% year-on-year. As a subdivided product, the market size of release agents will also grow accordingly. According to relevant forecasts, the global emulsion release agent market will show a stable growth trend from 2024 to 2030, and its production capacity, output, demand and other indicators will increase to varying degrees in the next few years.
Chinese market: With the development of various downstream industries in China, the demand for release agents in China's market continues to increase. For example, from January to August 2023, China's cumulative output of synthetic rubber was 5.791 million tons, an increase of 8.8% year-on-year, which promoted the demand for release agents in this field. In 2023, the market size of silicone release agents reached a certain scale, and it is predicted that by 2029 The market will change at a certain compound annual growth rate.
Market segmentation
Classification by active substances: including wax series release agents, silicone series release agents, inorganic powder series release agents, surfactant series release agents, polyether series release agents, etc. Among them, silicone series release agents have excellent performance and are widely used. For example, silicone release agents can be used in laminates and tapes, papers and films, labels and other fields.
Classification by usage: It can be divided into external release agents and internal release agents. External release agents are directly applied to the mold surface, while internal release agents are added to the material.
Classification by form: There are powders. Release agents, solvent-based release agents, paste release agents, solvent-free release agents, etc. At present, China's silicone release agents are mainly solvent-based, but with the improvement of environmental protection requirements, emulsion-based and solvent-free release agents are developing rapidly.
Classification by service life: divided into semi-permanent release agents and conventional release agents.
Market application
Electronic and electrical fields: In the manufacturing process of electronic components, release agents can be used to prevent electronic components from sticking to molds, ensuring smooth demolding and surface quality of products. With the rapid development of the electronics industry, the demand for release agents is also increasing.
Automobile manufacturing: In the production of automobile parts such as plastic interior parts and rubber seals, release agents can improve production efficiency and product quality and reduce production costs. The steady growth of the automobile industry provides a broad space for the release agent market.
Construction engineering: In the production of building materials, such as concrete components and thermal insulation materials, release agents can make it easier to remove products from molds, improve the turnover efficiency of molds, and ensure the appearance and dimensional accuracy of products.
Mold manufacturing: The use of release agents in the mold manufacturing process can protect the mold surface, extend the mold life, and improve the mold accuracy and finish, thereby ensuring product quality and production efficiency.
Synthetic rubber and plastic products: Release agents can be used in the vulcanization process of rubber products to prevent rubber from sticking to the mold. They are also widely used in the production of plastic products, such as the extrusion molding and injection molding process of plastic films, pipes, profiles, etc.
Metal die-casting: It helps metal castings to be demolded smoothly, improve the surface quality and dimensional accuracy of castings, and reduce scrap rates.
Competitive landscape
International market: The global release agent market is mainly dominated by large companies such as Germany's Ken-Trend, Germany's BASF, and Spain's Fusoni. Enterprises occupy a dominant position, and these enterprises have advantages in technology research and development, product quality, brand influence, etc.
Domestic market: There are many release agent manufacturers in China, and the market competition is relatively fierce. The main manufacturers include Hongqiang Co., Ltd., Runhe Materials, Dongyue Silicon Materials, Beilida New Materials, Meiya Chemical, etc. Among them, Runhe Materials focuses on the research and development, production and sales of silicone oil crude oil and its downstream application products, and is a representative enterprise of silicone oil release agents in China.
Development trend
Environmental protection: With the improvement of environmental awareness and the strictness of relevant laws and regulations, environmentally friendly release agents such as solvent-free and water-based will become the market Development direction, such as electron beam curing release agent, has broad development prospects due to its advantages such as no pollution and no need for high-cost photoinitiators.
High performance: The downstream industry's requirements for product quality and production efficiency are constantly increasing, which has prompted the release agent to develop in the direction of high performance. For example, release agents with better heat resistance, demoulding, corrosion resistance, and high tensile strength will be more popular in the market.
Multifunctionality: In addition to the basic demoulding function, release agents with multiple functions such as rust prevention, lubrication, and antibacterial will become a new demand in the market to meet the diverse needs of different industries and customers.
Customization: Different industries and different customers have different performance requirements for release agents, so customized production will become an important development trend in the future release agent market. Enterprises need to provide personalized products and solutions based on the specific needs of customers.