Transparent nylon application fields expand, bio-based transparent nylon market has huge room for development

Transparent nylon is amorphous polyamide, an amorphous crystalline polymer with a special structure. As a thermoplastic nylon, transparent nylon has high light transmittance, and its light transmittance is better than PC and glass. At the same time, compared with other transparent plastics, transparent nylon also has good tensile strength, high hardness, low water absorption, light weight, and wear resistance. Features. Transparent nylon was developed in the 1960s. Due to its high light transmittance, the transparent nylon market has developed rapidly.
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Globally, many countries, including the United States and Japan, have carried out research and development of transparent nylon. Due to its early start and high technical level, the transparent nylon market in Europe, the United States, Japan and other regions has developed rapidly. As research continues to deepen, the types of transparent nylon products are also increasing. Currently, the common types of transparent nylon on the market include PA MACM12, PA12/MACMI, PA6I/X, MXD6 (high barrier aromatic transparent nylon), etc.

According to the “2021-2025 Transparent Nylon Industry In-depth Market Research and Investment Strategy Suggestions Report released by the Industrial Research Center, in the international In the market, the main participants in the transparent nylon market are Germany’s Evonik, EMS, Arkema, etc. In the domestic market, transparent nylon manufacturers include Shandong Guangyin New Materials, Shandong Xiang Long New Materials, Anaiji New Materials, Shenma Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Xinhecheng, etc. Restricted by technology, quality, brand, etc., the current global and Chinese high-end transparent nylon markets are still dominated by foreign companies.

The production process of transparent nylon is to introduce monomers containing side groups or ring structures and destroy the regularity of the molecular chain to obtain amorphous or microcrystalline transparent nylon. In recent years, with the continuous deepening of research and the upgrading of market demand, the transparent nylon industry has gradually upgraded towards environmental protection, safety, high performance, bio-based and other directions. Bio-based transparent nylon raw materials are mainly derived from biomass materials, which meet the current environmental protection consumption needs and have broader market development space in the future.

With good performance, transparent nylon is widely used in electronics and electrical, automobile manufacturing, precision parts manufacturing, industrial coatings, optics, consumer goods and other fields. Transparent nylon has excellent performance. With product upgrades, its application areas are also expanding. For example, in the field of electronic cigarettes, transparent nylon is an excellent substitute for polyethylene terephthalate glycol-1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol (PCTG). Material, transparent nylon is mainly used to produce oil tanks, cigarette holders and other components.

Industry analysts said that transparent nylon has excellent performance, and with the expansion of its application scope, the future market development prospects are promising. At present, there is a certain gap between my country’s transparent nylon companies and foreign companies in terms of production technology, product quality, and process equipment. Under the general trend of market consumption upgrading, Chinese companies should increase investment in product research and development, improve production technology levels and product quality, and then compete for High-end transparent nylon market share.