The anti-hydrolysis agent market is small and the industry has good development prospects

In a warm and humid environment, water molecules will destroy the long chains of macromolecules that make up polymers, causing some polymers to slowly degrade or even lose any properties. This phenomenon is called “hydrolysis.” Anti-hydrolysis agents can improve the stability and persistence of chemical substances in water and are widely used in chemical industry, pesticides and other fields, thereby improving their effectiveness and service life.

In the chemical industry, anti-hydrolysis agents are used to prepare polymer materials, coatings, adhesives and other products to improve the stability and durability of these materials in water. In pesticides and other fields, anti-hydrolysis agents are used to improve the hydrolytic stability of some pesticides and improve the performance of some medical devices. In recent years, the chemical industry has been the most important downstream application field for anti-hydrolysis agents, accounting for more than 80% of product demand.

According to the “2023-2028 China Anti-Hydrolysis Agent Industry Market In-depth Research and Development Prospects Forecast Report released by the Industrial Research Center, Anti-hydrolysis agents are niche products with little demand in domestic and foreign markets. The number of anti-hydrolysis agent manufacturers in the world is relatively small, and their production capacity is relatively concentrated. Representative companies include Germany’s Rheinland Chemical, Germany’s Evonik, Germany’s BASF, and Shanghai Langyi Function Materials Co., Ltd., Suzhou Keshengtong New Material Technology Co., Ltd., etc. In the next few years, with the technological advancement of anti-hydrolysis agents and the growth of downstream demand, new companies may enter the industry. In 2022, China’s demand for anti-hydrolysis agents will be 382 tons.

There are many types and types of anti-hydrolysis agents. Among them, carbodiimide anti-hydrolysis agents are highly effective anti-hydrolysis agents and are very effective for most plastics, such as PU, TPU, PET, PBT, TPEE, PA, EVA, etc. Therefore, Carbodiimide anti-hydrolysis agents are recognized as the most effective and widely used varieties. From 2017 to 2022, with the extensive use of polymer products such as polyurethane and polycarbonate in China, the demand for carbodiimide anti-hydrolysis agents, as the most important anti-hydrolysis agents, has continued to grow. In 2022, China’s demand for carbodiimide anti-hydrolysis agents will be 335 tons, accounting for more than 85% of the total domestic demand for anti-hydrolysis agents.

Industry analysts said that the market size of China’s anti-hydrolysis agents is affected by factors such as market supply and demand, product awareness, and the development of alternatives. Small, the number of production companies is small, and industry competition is relaxed. In the industry, there are both imported products from Germany’s Rheinland Chemical, Germany’s Evonik, and Germany’s BASF, as well as domestic products represented by Shanghai Langyi Functional Materials Co., Ltd. In the next few years, the market will still present a pattern of competition between domestic products and imported products. In addition, with the development of China’s chemical industry and engineering plastics industry, terminal application fields such as TPU, PU, ​​PET, and PBT are developing well, driving the demand for China’s anti-hydrolysis agents to maintain a growth trend, and China’s anti-hydrolysis agent industry has good development prospects.