Trimethylolethane (TME) can improve product performance and has great potential for future applications

Trimethylolethane (TME for short) is a high-performance polyol with three primary hydroxyl groups. It appears as an odorless, free-flowing, white crystalline solid. It is soluble in water and low-carbon fatty alcohols, and slightly soluble in ketones, Esters and ethers. Trimethylolethane has a compact neopentane structure, which gives it excellent stability, weather resistance, gloss, oxidation resistance and chemical resistance.

With its good properties, trimethylol ethane can be used to produce products with high temperature resistance, oxidation resistance, and high gloss retention requirements, such as automotive coatings, electrical coatings, ship coatings, thermal vulcanization inks, artificial lubricants, etc.; trimethylol ethane Trimethylethane can also be used to modify silicone resins and epoxy resins to improve the heat resistance, light resistance, hydrolysis resistance and oxidation resistance of products; in addition, trimethylol ethane can also be used in solar materials, titanium Surface treatment of inorganic pigments such as white powder.

According to different purity, trimethylol ethane can be divided into two categories: purity ≥98% and purity <98%. With the upgrade of market demand and the advancement of process technology, trimethylol ethane with purity ≥98% has gradually become the It is a mainstream product in the market and there is still room for growth in its share in the future. According to the "2022-2026 China Trimethylol Ethane (TME) Industry Market Monitoring and Future Development Prospects Research Report released by the Industrial Research Center 》shows that trimethylolethane is an excellent substitute for trimethylolpropane (TMP). However, due to the lack of price advantage, trimethylolethane is currently mostly used in high-end products.

Trimethylolethane meets environmental protection requirements and is widely used in Europe and the United States. Globally, trimethylol ethane consumption markets are mainly used in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and other regions. In recent years, with the rise of emerging economies, trimethylol ethane consumption in the Asia-Pacific region has grown rapidly, among which China, Japan , South Korea, Indonesia and other countries are the main driving forces for the growth of trimethylol ethane consumption in the Asia-Pacific region.

In terms of production, there are many suppliers of trimethylolethane. Foreign companies include American GEO Specialty Chemicals and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical. Domestic companies include Jiangxi Keding Chemical Materials, Jinan Fufang Chemical, Dongyang Baihang Chemical, and Shibidi Chemical, Chengdu Jiaye Biotechnology, Zhejiang Runhui Chemical, etc. my country’s trimethylol ethane enterprises are mainly small and medium-sized enterprises, and the market concentration is low.

With the expansion of application fields such as resins, coatings, and inks, the market has higher requirements for the quality of resins, coatings, and inks. Against this background, the application demand for trimethylolethane will increase. Industry analysts said that trimethylolethane has a neopentane structure, which can improve the light resistance and hydrolysis resistance of downstream products. , antioxidant properties, with the upgrading of market demand, the market development potential of trimethylolethane is great.