The insulation board industry will bring a surge in demand for China's rigid polyurethane foam
The insulation board industry will bring a surge in demand for China's rigid polyurethane foam
Polyurethane is a kind of polymer material, its are main the feature is the molecular chain contains multiple repeat the carbamate group, both rubber elasticity, and plastic strength and excellent processing performance, China polyurethane industry association (CPUIA) estimates that in 2014-2015, for China's rigid polyurethane foam insulation board industry add 310000-380000 tons of demand. At present, there are 250 production lines in China that have been put into the production of polyurethane insulation board, a record high.
China has become the world's largest producer of polyurethane products, according to the China polyurethane industry association (CPUIA). According to CPUIA, in 2013, Chinese polyurethane products accounted for more than 40 percent of the world's total output, and production reached 8.7 million tons, up 12 percent from 2012. There has been a significant increase in the use of heat insulation materials, automotive and water-based polyurethane materials.
China's ministry of housing and urban-rural development launched a plan to improve energy efficiency in buildings in 2012. According to the 12th five-year plan, the ministry of housing and urban-rural development has issued regulations that stipulate that new buildings in urban areas must increase energy efficiency by 30 percent compared with 2010. Standards in first-tier cities such as Shanghai and Beijing are higher, and the energy efficiency of new buildings in these places must be close to similar developed national standards.
The association also predicts that by the end of 2015, 52 percent of China's population will live in cities, with the total area of new buildings being built by 2015 to reach 40 to 5 billion square meters. China will spend $820 million on energy conservation during the 12th five-year plan period, according to the association's website. In the next three to five years, the sales of polyurethane insulation panels are expected to account for 30-50% of China's total thermal insulation material consumption.
According to the relevant information, about 49% of the developed countries and building insulation materials used in the United States and Europe are made of polyurethane, but it is less than l0% in China. According to the data published by the international board manufacturers association, pu sheet is the only share of the total energy consumption in the developed countries.
According to the calculation, the construction area of China's construction market is 2 billion square meters per year, and the annual demand for polyurethane insulation materials is 1 million t/a. The building energy consumption of 40 billion m buildings is also calculated on a yearly basis of 2 billion square meters of energy conservation, and 1 million t/a polyurethane insulation materials are needed every year. Thus it can be seen that China's building energy saving will give a huge market to the market of polyurethane hard foam market.
