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Ten keywords to see the development of the coatings industry in 2017

2017 passed away quietly, continuing the trend of 2016, the coating industry has been hot in 2017. Price increases, environmental protection acquisitions, etc. have been numerous in the past year. The editor uses ten key words to show you the changes in the coatings industry in 2017. Keyword 1: price increase Continuing the trend in 2016, the coating industry in 2017“rise”The sound has remained hot. It can be said that after your home goes up, his home goes up, raw materials go up, and paint goes up. To say that the biggest impact is the phenomenon of concentrated price increases in paint companies in March, September and November this year. From the second half of 2016, specifically from October 2016, the prices of major raw materials continued to rise. In addition, labor costs continued to increase, and logistics costs also rose sharply due to factors such as overloading and overloading. It is estimated that the entire production of coatings enterprises The cost is likely to increase by more than 30%. Coating enterprises due to raw materials, labor costs, logistics costs“Three arrows at once”, in March this year ushered in the first concentrated price increase of coating companies. Price-raising companies include Hempel, Changjiang, Jordan, Three Trees, Carpoly, and Bards……From July to August 2017, the prices of coating raw materials such as titanium dioxide, TDI (curing agent), solvents, resins, emulsions, etc. ushered in a wave of collective skyrocketing again.“One wave is not flat, another wave is rising”The raw materials of the company have skyrocketed. In September this year, Nippon Paint, Carpoly, Valspar (China Resources), Zhanchen, Ye's Chemical, Axalta, Dabao Chemical, Baichuan, Huilong, Mickey, Digital Color, Shiquanxing, Dozens of paint companies, including Lanyang, Huayang Chemical, French and American Paint Factory, and Jin Zhanhong, have issued price adjustment notices and were forced to adjust prices centrally. Since October 9, 15 titanium dioxide enterprises represented by Lomon Billions, Shandong Dongjia, and China Nuclear Titanium Dioxide have collectively issued a price increase notice, and the raw materials have continued to rise. It is understood that starting from the second half of last year, titanium dioxide Main raw materials such as white powder, epoxy resin, TDI, solvent pentaerythritol and zinc powder rose by as much as 50-80%. Due to the rising price of raw materials, it has exceeded the scope of paint enterprises. In order to maintain the normal operation and development of the company and effectively ensure the stable and continuous supply of high-quality products, PPG, Zhanchen, Qilu Paint, Lehua Paint, Pentium Paint, Wuyi Paint , Goldfish, Tigurira (China), etc. announced price adjustments. This is also the third wave of concentrated price increases for paint companies this year. Keyword 2: Environmental protection To talk about harmony“price increase”Juxtaposed throughout the 2017 coating industry non-“Environmental friendly”None. Environmental inspectors, environmental blacklists, etc. Since January 2016 when the central environmental protection inspector launched a pilot project in Hebei Province, the central environmental protection inspector has carried out four batches in the past two years, achieving full coverage in 31 provinces across the country, with more than 17,000 people accountable. It is indeed difficult for the coatings industry to survive this year. In the first half of the year, many coating companies were unable to start production normally in response to the environmental protection inspectors, reporting for environmental impact assessments, obtaining certificates, and upgrading environmental protection facilities and equipment since last year. The climax of inspectors, covering 31 provinces and cities. At the same time, from July to October, all provinces and cities across the country conducted major inspections of production safety. The winter has just entered, and the air pollution control in autumn and winter has been carried out in the northern region, and the enterprise has entered the stage of staggered production. The production suspension, limited production, staggered production, etc., really make coating companies complain. In early 2017, the Chengdu Environmental Protection Bureau announced the“List of key enterprises for monitoring waste gas pollution in Chengdu in 2016”, Nippon Paint (China) Co., Ltd. is among them. The reporter of 'Coatings' found that since 2013, Nippon Paint has been punished by the environmental protection bureaus of Chengdu and Tianjin for a total of 4 times within three years. The reason is that the project failed to pass. The EIA acceptance means that it is put into production without authorization. In addition, we learned from Shanghai Environmental Protection Bureau that Valspar Coatings (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. was also charged by Shanghai Environmental Protection Bureau in December 2016 for violating Article 45 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Air Pollution due to environmental violations. A fine of 120,000 yuan. According to the statistics of 'Coatings Classic', the list of environmental protection black list in 2017 also includes Shanghai Huayi New Materials Co., Ltd., China Tu Chemical (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai Zhanli Chemical Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai Huayi Energy Chemical Co., Ltd., Li Bang (Shanghai) Chemical Co., Ltd., Shanghai Mecca Coatings Co., Ltd., Dajin Fluorine Coatings (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Yi Neng Coatings (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., etc., there should be many more.

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