Driven by the gradual implementation of the new national standard, the formaldehyde-free adhesive industry has broad prospects for future development

Formaldehyde-free adhesive refers to an adhesive that does not contain formaldehyde and is mainly used in the fields of artificial panels, building materials, and chemical materials. Formaldehyde-free adhesives mainly include polyurethane adhesives, starch-based adhesives, soybean-based protein adhesives, lignin adhesives, tannin adhesives, thermoplastic resin films, etc. Formaldehyde can irritate the eyes and respiratory tract, destroy the human immune system, cause endocrine system disorders, damage the liver, etc. It has strong carcinogenic and carcinogenic effects and is very harmful to the human body. Wood products containing formaldehyde adhesives used indoors can release formaldehyde for up to 15 years.

Artificial panels are the main application field of formaldehyde-free adhesives, and industrial adhesives for artificial panels can be divided into two categories: formaldehyde-free adhesives and formaldehyde-based adhesives. For a long time, formaldehyde-based adhesives have been leading the market for industrial adhesives for artificial panels. According to the “2022-2026 China Formaldehyde-Free Adhesive Products Market Analysis Feasibility Research Report” released by the Industrial Research Center, in 2021 The total consumption of adhesives for the domestic artificial panel industry is approximately 15.68 million tons, of which the consumption of formaldehyde-based adhesives is approximately 15.41 million tons, accounting for 98.3% of the consumption; the consumption of formaldehyde-free adhesives is only 270,000 tons, accounting for 98.3% of the market share is 1.7%.

Affected by factors such as complex production technology and high production costs, the current global formaldehyde-free adhesive consumer market is mainly concentrated in developed countries such as Europe and the United States. The penetration rate of the domestic formaldehyde-free adhesive market is still relatively low. Local companies mainly include Binaili New Materials and Senyuan Technology. , Fengtai Environmental Protection Technology, etc. At this stage, in order to increase its market penetration and occupy more market share, the domestic formaldehyde-free adhesive industry needs to continuously adjust the industrial structure, promote continuous upgrading of product structure and quality, improve innovation capabilities and R&D efforts, and then continuously reduce production costs to promote Industry transformation and upgrading.

At this stage, while the development of the domestic formaldehyde-free adhesive industry is facing challenges such as low market penetration, it is also facing many new development opportunities, such as the continuous strengthening of policies and regulations and the new national standard GB/T39600- which will be implemented in October 2021. The 2021 “Classification of Formaldehyde Release from Artificial Panels and Their Products” stipulates that E1 level shall not exceed 0.124 mg/m³, E0 level shall not exceed 0.050 mg/m³, and ENF level shall not exceed 0.025 mg/m³. Among them, ENF level is the highest formaldehyde release standard for artificial panels set by my country. In the future, under the background of the new national standard’s increasing environmental requirements for furniture, building materials, interior decoration materials, etc., the domestic market demand for formaldehyde-free adhesives will continue to increase.

Industrial analysts personnel said that in recent years, the national awareness of the hazards of formaldehyde has been deepening and the new domestic national standards have set requirements for formaldehyde release. Under the background of continuous strictness, formaldehyde-free glue, as the main product to control formaldehyde release in houses from the source, has continued to increase its market demand, and the industry development prospects are good. In the future, the domestic formaldehyde-free adhesive industry will need to seize development opportunities while constantly breaking through difficulties, so that the industry will enter a golden period of rapid development and the future development prospects of the industry will be broad.