The nylon flame retardant industry is increasingly developing into a global industry. This is manifested in the fact that many fire retardant companies are participating in world-wide trade. The competition in the industry is not limited to the competition of enterprises in a certain country or region, but the competition among global market participants; Fire regulations in a country or region often have an impact on global industry rules.

It is understood that export-oriented product manufacturers, in order to make their products available to as many countries and regions as possible, generally tend to use the most stringent country's flame retardant and fire prevention standard formulas, thereby driving fire retardants worldwide. The development of the entire product chain.

According to the investigation report of the fire retardant industry survey, China has begun to study the synthesis and application of ammonium polyphosphate since the 1980s, and has developed particularly rapidly in recent years. Tons, showing a trend of continuous growth.

It is reported that China's consumption of fire retardants in 2012 was about 474,000 tons, of which the proportion of phosphorus-based fire retardants was the largest, totaling about 179,000 tons, a year-on-year consumption of 90,000 tons, a growth rate of 16.4%. There are many reasons for the rapid growth of the phosphorus-containing flame retardant market. We believe that the most important reason is the rise in the prices of its main competitor bromine flame retardants, followed by the downstream market, and the third is the impact of policies and regulations.

First, the rise in the price of bromine-based flame retardants has led to the rapid growth of phosphorus-containing flame retardants. The global giants of brominated flame retardants are concentrated on Albemarle, Chemtura and ICL. Since 2010, the three major companies have continuously increased their prices for fire retardants and bromine related products. As the price of bromine-based flame retardants continues to rise, it will inevitably stimulate the consumption of phosphorus-containing flame retardants and promote the growth of the phosphorus-containing flame retardant consumer market.

Secondly, the rapid development of downstream industries has driven the growth of consumption of phosphorus-containing flame retardants. The consumption ratio of halogenated phosphate esters and halogen-free phosphate esters in China's phosphorus-containing flame retardants accounts for 74% of the consumption of phosphorus-containing flame retardants, which are mainly used in building insulation materials, fire-resistant coatings, adhesives and copper clad laminates, composite materials, etc. Fast-growing fields, among which halogen-free phosphates are widely used in PC / abs alloys; ammonium polyphosphate is mainly used in fire-resistant coatings and general plastics (8880, -75.00, -0.84%) (9405, 5.00, 0.05%); Phosphate is mainly used in engineering plastics such as polyamide and polyester; red phosphorus flame retardant is mainly used in engineering plastics and general plastics; flame retardant phenanthrene flame retardant is mainly used in copper-clad laminates.

All in all, no matter how the Chinese fire retardant industry develops, it still needs to rely on market development. And as the country's requirements for flame retardant technology strengthen, in the future development, phosphorus-based fire retardants will continue to play a steady development role with their price advantages.