Driven by the development of the application market, the calcium formate industry has good development prospects

Calcium formate, also known as calcium formate, is an organic compound with the molecular formula C2H2O4Ca. It appears as white or yellowish powder or crystal. It is non-toxic, insoluble in alcohol, and soluble in water. The aqueous solution is neutral. Calcium formate has the characteristics of acidification, anti-mildew, antibacterial and anti-corrosion, and is widely used in feed additives and concrete and mortar additive scenarios.

Calcium formate production methods mainly include four categories: neutralization method, metathesis method, epoxy fatty acid methyl ester by-product method, and pentaerythritol by-product method. Among them, the neutralization method is currently the mainstream method for producing calcium formate. It involves neutralizing formic acid and calcium carbonate powder to prepare calcium formate. After centrifugation and drying, the finished product of calcium formate is obtained. Among them, my country still uses traditional processes such as crystallization, distillation, and direct synthesis, while advanced foreign companies have begun to adopt emerging processes such as ion exchange, membrane separation, and ultra-clean filtration, and the purity of their products continues to improve. In the future, domestic enterprises still have much room for improvement in production technology.

From the perspective of feed field, pig feed is the main application market of calcium formate. Adding calcium formate to suckling pig feed can improve the absorption and digestibility of calcium sources in suckling pigs. Adding calcium formate to weaning piglet feed can reduce the occurrence of diarrheal diseases in piglets and improve Feed conversion ratio.

In recent years, against the backdrop of changing national consumption concepts and rising living standards, national demand for pork has continued to increase. According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, domestic apparent pork consumption in 2021 reached 56.59 million tons, an increase from the previous year. 24.5%. The strong market demand from the breeding terminal has driven the continuous development of the feed industry. As the main additive for pig feed in my country, the market demand for calcium formate continues to increase, and the industry development prospects are good.

From the industrial field, calcium formate can be made into cement rapid setting agent, lubricant, early strength agent, etc. Adding industrial grade calcium formate additives to building mortar and concrete can speed up the hardening speed and shorten the setting time. In addition, calcium formate is also used in wear-resistant materials, floors, leather, ceramic tiles and other fields, with a wide range of applications.

In recent years, driven by the continuous expansion of calcium formate application fields and the continued growth of application market demand, the global calcium formate market has continued to expand. According to released by the Industrial Research Center The “2022 Global and China Calcium Formate Industry In-Depth Research Report”shows that the global calcium formate market size will be US$260 million in 2021, and it is expected that its market size will be close to US$290 million by 2025. Industry development Broad prospects.

Industrial analysis personnel said that calcium formate has a wide range of application fields, among which feed and industry are its two main application fields. In recent years, Against the background of the continuous expansion of the domestic pork consumption market and the rapid development of the construction market, the market demand for calcium formate continues to increase, and the industry development prospects are good. Calcium formate production technology requirements are low, and the industry entry threshold is low. At present, domestic calcium formate companies mainly include Chuandong Chemical, Shengde Chemical, Baoyuan Chemical, Hengxin Chemical, etc. At this stage, the technological level of domestic enterprises is far behind that of advanced foreign enterprises, so the impurity content of their products is relatively large. In the future, domestic enterprises will need to continuously improve relevant technical levels to enhance their core competitiveness.