With the continuous development of the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain, the extruded polystyrene board (XPS) industry has broad development prospects.

Extruded polystyrene board, or XPS for short, or extruded polystyrene foam board in full, refers to a hard board that is continuously extruded through a special process. According to different colors, extruded boards can be divided into white crystal extruded boards, blue extruded boards, black extruded boards, red extruded boards, etc. The extruded board is made of polystyrene resin as raw material and polymer as auxiliary material. It is heated and mixed while injecting a catalyst, and then extruded to form a rigid foam board.

Polystyrene resin is the key raw material for extruded boards. As a widely used chemical material, its industry is developing rapidly. At present, my country’s polystyrene resin production capacity has maintained a steady growth trend for a long time, which can fully meet the domestic extruded board production demand. In 2021, my country’s polystyrene resin production capacity has reached 4.682 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 21.2%. The sufficient supply of raw materials has laid a good foundation for the development of the domestic extruded board industry.

The hard film on the surface of the extruded board is smooth and uniform, and the internal closed-cell honeycomb structure is perfect. It has extremely low water absorption, low thermal conductivity, strong pressure resistance, good anti-aging performance, good anti-corrosion performance, light weight, easy to use, green and environmentally friendly, etc. Advantages: It is mainly used in scenarios such as roof moisture retention, roof insulation, exterior wall insulation, and ground moisture retention in the construction field, as well as parking platforms, airport runways, highways and other scenarios in the transportation field.

The field of building insulation is the largest application area of ​​extruded boards. As a new type of high-performance thermal insulation material in the construction field, extruded polystyrene boards have been continuously highlighted in recent years and against the background of the rapid development of the construction industry, the domestic market demand for extruded polystyrene boards has continued to grow and its scale has increased year by year. According to data from the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the total output value of the domestic construction industry will reach 29.3 trillion yuan in 2021, 2.1 times that of 2012. In this context, according to the“Research Report on Market Monitoring and Future Development Prospects of China’s Extruded Polystyrene Sheet (XPS) Industry from 2022 to 2026” released by the Industrial Research Center Shows that my country’s extruded board market size has reached 13.95 billion yuan in 2021.

Currently, with the continued development of the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain, the domestic extruded board industry has entered a stage of rapid development. At present, there are many companies participating in the extruded board market in my country. Local companies mainly include Shengdu Environmental Protection Technology, Huamei Energy Saving Technology, Zhonglida Insulation Materials, Fangyuan Insulation Materials, Luyu, Anye Insulation Building Materials, Beipeng Shouhao Building Materials, Beipeng Group, Lejia extruded foam, etc.; foreign-funded enterprises mainly include DuPont, BASF, Owens Corning, etc.

Industry Analysis personnel said that as a new type of green and environmentally friendly material, extruded board is one of the advantageous building materials actively promoted in the domestic market. one. In recent years, against the background of the rapid development of the domestic construction industry and the continuous highlighting of the advantages of extruded boards, the scale of the extruded board market has continued to expand, and the industry development prospects are good. In the future, as local companies continue to increase their efforts in research and development of high-end products and optimize product production technology, domestic extruded board companies are expected to occupy more market shares, and the industry has broad prospects for development.