Hydroxyethylcellulose (HEC) has a wide range of applications, but my country’s current industrial structure is still unbalanced

Hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC) is an important non-ionic cellulose ether, appearing as white or light yellow fibrous solid or powdery solid. Hydroxyethyl cellulose is non-toxic, odorless, easily soluble in water, and insoluble in general organic solvents. Hydroxyethyl cellulose has the properties of thickening, emulsifying, antisepsis, bonding, film-forming, and moisturizing, and is widely used in daily chemical products, oil and gas exploration, food, coatings, pharmaceuticals, papermaking, environmentally friendly materials, building materials and other fields.

According to different application fields, hydroxyethyl cellulose can be divided into food grade, industrial grade, pharmaceutical grade and cosmetic grade. In recent years, the market demand for hydroxyethyl cellulose has been increasing due to the renovation of old houses, the development of the water-based paint market, and the release of demand for daily chemical products. The hydroxyethyl cellulose market in Europe, the United States and Japan started early and has a wide range of applications. Related companies have long occupied the majority of the global hydroxyethyl cellulose market, such as Dow Chemical of the United States, Ashland of the United States, Lotte of South Korea, Shin-Etsu of Japan, and Switzerland Clariant and other companies.

According to the “2023-2027 Hydroxyethyl Cellulose Industry In-depth Market Research and Investment Strategy Suggestions Report released by the Industrial Research Center , the global hydroxyethyl cellulose market size will be approximately US$600 million in 2021, and it is expected that the global market will grow at a compound annual growth rate of approximately 3.0% from 2022 to 2027. Globally, the hydroxyethyl cellulose market is mainly distributed in Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America.

In recent years, with domestic technological breakthroughs and national policy support, the development of my country’s hydroxyethyl cellulose market has accelerated, and a number of companies with certain competitive advantages have emerged in the industry, such as Yiteng New Materials, Wuxi Sanyou Chemical, Taian Ruitai, Yinying New Materials, Shandong Ruitai Chemical, etc. Some of the company’s core products have reached the international advanced level. They compete with international companies by virtue of their high cost performance, complete industrial chain layout, and good service quality.

Although my country’s hydroxyethyl cellulose industry has achieved great improvement in recent years, overall, the current hydroxyethyl cellulose industry structure is still unbalanced, with fewer companies in the high-end market, a shortage of professional R&D personnel, and insufficient production of high-end products. And it has a high degree of external dependence. In the future, as the supply-side structural reform deepens and environmental protection policies continue to advance, the hydroxyethyl cellulose industrial structure will continue to be optimized and adjusted, and the domestic production rate of high-end products is expected to further increase.

Industry analysts said that hydroxyethyl cellulose is widely used in daily chemicals, manufacturing, food, coatings, building materials and other fields. The market has broad room for development. In recent years, my country’s hydroxyethyl cellulose market has developed rapidly, but the overall industrial structure is still uneven. In the future, under the dual promotion of supply-side reform and environmental protection policies, the hydroxyethyl cellulose industry will become high-end, environmentally friendly, and high-added. value development.