The overall development trend of the container coating market is optimistic

China’s container industry had only four manufacturers in the early days of its birth. Through more than ten years of hard work, it surpassed South Korea in 1993 to achieve the world’s largest production and sales volume. So far, China’s container industry has achieved three firsts, namely, the world’s first container production capacity, the world’s first container type specification, and the world’s first container production and sales volume.

In 2010, China exported 2.5 million containers, with a total value of approximately US$7.232 billion. From January to February 2011, there were 450,000 container exports, and the export value was 1.694 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 304% year-on-year. In the future, China's container shipping industry will still have a lot of room for development and improvement. China is transforming itself from a large container shipping country to a powerful one. It is expected that after 2010, China will become the world's largest container shipping center, and by 2020, China's port container throughput will reach 200 million. With the formation of the global container manufacturing center transfer to China, the container coating industry in China has also achieved rapid development.

At present, 70% of global containers are produced in China, and 96% of container coatings are produced in China. Affected by the financial crisis, China's container paint output fell to 30,000 tons in 2009 after maintaining 280,000 tons in the three years from 2006 to 2008. However, in 2010, the recovery of the economy led to the production of container coatings reaching 100,000 tons, accounting for In 2010, 10.4% of paint production, although there is a big gap with the previous 280,000 tons, but the growth rate is obvious. Thanks to the development of China's container shipping market, China's container coating production will continue to grow and its development will be optimistic.

The rapid rise of domestic container coatings companies The overall development trend of the container coating market is optimistic. In the early days of the container manufacturing industry in the 1980s, container coatings used in China were all imported coatings that were designated by the owners. Such as Hempel in Denmark, Freilacke in Germany, Sigma in the Netherlands, and so on. With the development of China's container manufacturing industry, more foreign paint companies have entered China's manufacturing industry through their relationships with container owners. In the early 1990s, Haihong-Hempel, Shanghai-Kansai, Shanghai-Chugoku, Shanghai-IP, and Kunshan-K. C. C and other Sino-foreign joint venture container coatings companies were established one after another. They used the container paint approval certificate from foreign investment companies and swept the entire country's container coating business.

Since 1993, several research institutes and coating manufacturers in China have successively developed and developed container coatings. For example, the products of China Shipbuilding's Marine Technology Research Institute were sent to the US KonKstandt Laboratory for testing; the container coating development project of Shanghai Kailin Paint Factory was included in the former Ministry of Chemical Industry and the Shanghai Key Project of the Eighth Five-Year Plan, but All failed to put it into practice for various reasons.

In 1996, the container coatings of Shanghai Haisheng Paint Co., Ltd. passed the accreditation of the Konstandt Laboratories of the United States and became China's first paint factory that can produce international standard container coatings. In 1998, the company received volume production of international standard containers such as HAPAGLLYD, Sè­ˆD, CAPITAL, and CRC.

In 1997, the Asian financial turmoil affected the container manufacturing industry. The box price has become increasingly low and the coating industry has become more competitive.

In 1998, Shanghai International Paint Co., Ltd. (IP) withdrew from its competition in container coatings; in 2000, Shanghai Haisheng Paint Co., Ltd. nearly closed down and no longer produced container coatings; with the adjustment of South Korea’s “modern” container plant layout, K. C. The company's container coating production decreased sharply; afterwards, COSCO Kansai, Hepu Coating, King Kong Chemical, and Zhongtu Chemical's container coating production enterprises began to occupy most of China's container coatings.

The development of waterborne container coatings has become a development trend. China is a large container manufacturing country. Research on waterborne container coatings can save energy, reduce environmental pollution, and reduce the damage to the production line workers. It is an inevitable trend for the development of coatings. The development of waterborne container coatings needs to solve three major technical problems: anticorrosion performance, construction performance, and cost. It is a long-term and systematic work and needs to strengthen close cooperation and exchanges with research institutions, raw material manufacturers, and enterprises and enterprises. It is believed that as more paint manufacturers join, it will inevitably promote the continuous progress of waterborne container coating technology and promote the reform of the container industry. The development and application of waterborne container coatings can play an exemplary role in the field of industrial anti-corrosion coatings, promote the development of new waterborne resins, additives, rust-proof pigments and other raw materials, promote the innovation of water-based anti-corrosion coating technologies in other industries, and have extensive social benefits and economy. benefit.

Although waterborne coatings have the advantages of environmental protection, energy saving, and convenient construction, they are also the development direction of coatings. However, due to the fact that the cost of waterborne container coatings has always been higher than the corresponding solvent-based coatings, the competition in the container manufacturing industry is very fierce today. It is very difficult for the main government to pay more for environmental protection. Therefore, reducing costs is the only way for the application of waterborne container coatings. The cost reduction of waterborne container coatings is mainly the independent research and development of water-based resins, rust-proof pigments, and water-based auxiliaries. Domestic research in this area started relatively late and there is still a certain gap between product performance and foreign companies. Mainly due to the lack of domestic professional research institutions, weak foundation, rapid flow of technical personnel, and lack of technical exchanges, these raw materials rely heavily on imported products, and domestic lack of independent innovation. The cost reduction of waterborne container coatings can be achieved by strengthening the joint and independent development of research institutions and companies, stabilizing the research team, and strengthening technical exchanges.

Because the raw material cost of waterborne container coatings is higher than that of the corresponding solvent-based coatings, and all the containers factories in China are not equipped with airless painting equipment, heating and drying equipment that are compatible with the waterborne container coating technology, all container containers are not May specify waterborne container coatings. However, as the development direction of container coatings, in addition to the development and development of new water-based paint products by paint manufacturers, it is necessary to actively develop and improve the coating technology of water-based coatings. At present, the United States Graco company, Germany WIWA company has developed a special airless paint spray equipment for waterborne coatings, the main components made of stainless steel, has been put into the market in bulk, laid the foundation for the application of waterborne container coatings. In addition, Hempel, Kansai, Chugoku and other paint companies have also accelerated the development of waterborne container coatings.

Optimistic outlook for the container coating market At the 2011 coating summit forum for “Innovation, Harmony, Responsibility, and Influence” of the vice president of Guanxi Coatings Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., Liu Huicheng, the development of containers is closely related to economic development, and often its growth. It will lag behind economic growth, and at the same time, its recession will tend to be ahead of schedule, and it will be more obvious during the financial crisis. Therefore, he believes that the container industry will have a relatively stable growth during the "12th Five-Year Plan" period.

At present, there are currently 12 million tons of major ports in China's mainland, of which 5 have entered the world's top ten port throughput, and large-scale port construction has also prompted the development of the container industry. In addition to shipping, rail transport is another of the containers. High demand points. In 2010, the Chinese container shipping market was stronger against the market, and the freight rates continued to rise, presenting the hottest scene in the container liner market since the international financial crisis. Containers were difficult to find in a box, and it is expected that container demand will continue during the 12th Five-Year Plan period. increase. The shortage of containers has also driven the market for container coatings.

At present, the annual container throughput of the world is 3.2 million TEUs, and it needs about 300,000 tons of coating per year, worth about RMB 5 billion. With the gradual recovery of the economy and the further implementation of the national "Twelfth Five-Year Plan", the development of the container coating industry will surely advance with the growth rate. Industry insiders believe that the demand for container coatings in China will maintain this growth trend, and the overall development trend of the container coating market is optimistic.