Market demand released, polylactic acid nucleating agent market scale continues to expand

Polylactic acid nucleating agent is a special nucleating agent used for degradable polylactic acid. By adding polylactic acid nucleating agent, it can accelerate the crystallization rate of polylactic acid and increase the heat deformation temperature, thus improving the transparency, surface gloss and resistance of polylactic acid products. Tensile strength, heat distortion temperature, impact resistance and other properties. Polylactic acid (PLA) is polymerized by the fermentation of corn and other raw materials to produce lactic acid. With its rich raw materials, excellent performance, environmental protection and renewable characteristics, the application fields of polylactic acid have continued to expand in recent years, which has led to an increase in the demand for polylactic acid nucleating agents.

As an excellent substitute for petroleum-based plastics, polylactic acid has been widely used in biomedicine, textiles, tableware, construction, packaging and other fields. However, due to the slow crystallization speed of polylactic acid, its heat resistance, mechanical strength, etc. are greatly reduced, and it is extremely The earth restricts the application of polylactic acid in engineering plastics, electronic appliances and other fields. Nucleation modification is an effective method to increase the crystallization rate of polylactic acid and improve the crystallization performance. With the development of the polylactic acid market, the market attention of polylactic acid nucleating agents has increased.

According to the “2021-2025 China Polylactic Acid Nucleating Agent Industry Market Monitoring and Future Development Prospects Research Report released by the Industrial Research Center ” shows that driven by the development of terminal industries, my country’s nucleating agent market has maintained a growth rate higher than the global average in recent years. By 2020, the output of my country’s nucleating agent industry has reached more than 1,910 tons. As a type of nucleating agent, the market size of polylactic acid nucleating agent is also expanding.

In the international market, suppliers of polylactic acid nucleating agents include Milliken, Adico, and New Japan Physics and Chemicals. Relying on their advantages in quality, brand, and technology, foreign companies occupy a major share of the global and Chinese polylactic acid nucleating agent markets. Domestic companies engaged in the research and production of polylactic acid nucleating agents include Shanxi Chemical Industry Research Institute, Beijia Refining Chemicals, Runde Chemicals, Shanghai Shangxi Chemicals, etc. Overall, the current competitive advantages of Chinese enterprises are insufficient. In the future market development, Chinese enterprises have greater room for improvement.

There are many types of polylactic acid nucleating agents, including amide nucleating agents, benzene tricarboxylic acid amides (BTAs) nucleating agents, aryl substituted hydrazide nucleating agents, phenylphosphonate nucleating agents, and rosin nucleating agents. Nucleating agents, etc. According to the different crystallization methods of polylactic acid, polylactic acid nucleating agents are divided into alpha crystal nucleating agents, beta crystal nucleating agents, etc. Polylactic acid nucleating agents have a certain impact on the biodegradability of polylactic acid products. In recent years, with the upgrading of market demand and in-depth related research, there has been greater enthusiasm for the research and development of polylactic acid biomass nucleating agents, such as polysaccharides, Cellulose nanocrystals, amino acids, thermoplastic starch, etc.

Industry analysts said that polylactic acid is an excellent substitute for petroleum-based plastics. In the context of increasingly stringent environmental protection regulations, polylactic acid There is broad space for industrial development. Polylactic acid nucleating agents are of great significance to improving the processing and application performance of polylactic acid and expanding the application fields of polylactic acid. With the continuous deepening of research and the continuous release of market demand, the scale of the polylactic acid nucleating agent industry will further expand in the future.