In 2003 as the world's largest after thermosetting powder coatings, powder coatings in China in particular epoxy resin powder coatings continue to maintain rapid growth. Future development opportunities and risks are still co-exist, to further promote industry advances in the process of industrial upgrading realize a long way to go, we must attach importance to solve their development problems.

China's powder coatings industry, with the rise of the domestic appliance industry and developed from scratch over the past 20 years, from small to large, progress was made. In particular, thermosetting powder coatings in China in recent years to accelerate the pace of development, far exceeding the national paint industry average growth rates. Thermosetting powder coatings in 2002 output reached 270,000 tons, for the first time over the first door to the United States; 2003 thermoset powder coatings production reached 340,000 tons, an annual growth rate of 25%, is the output growth rate of 2 paint many times; 2004 in thermoset powder coatings production reached 410,000 tons, an annual growth rate of 20%. China has become a veritable powder coatings producer.

Powder coating is a synthetic resin-based material, together with the curing agent, pigment, filler formulations obtained materials, through such means as electrostatic spray coating on the substrate surface was coated metal substrate given good appearance and durability , powder coating, therefore the areas covered are very broad. Since reform and opening up the production of powder coating raw materials industries, flour milling equipment, milling technology, coating equipment, construction applications and all-area, through research, the introduction of foreign technology and digestion and absorption, powder coating significantly improved production technology and product quality. At present, the powder coating raw materials have basically realize domestic production, special-purpose epoxy resin, polyester resin production plant have been put into production, improve quality; pure polyester curing agent, curing agent extinction in China greatly reduce the cost of powder coatings; leveling agents, additives, such as the quality has greatly improved, and the promotion of China's great development of powder coatings. At the same time, milling equipment has been basically meet the domestic needs of the production of powder coatings, powder spray equipment has reached the construction requirements, to form a number of specialized production of electrostatic powder spraying equipment manufacturers, and realize the spraying production line domestically, so as to Powder Coatings laid the foundation for rapid development.

Although thermosetting powder coatings production in China has been the highest in the world, become the world's largest producer of powder coatings, but also the production of powder coatings are not powerful. At present, China powder coatings in large enterprise market share of only about 40%, more than half of market share by thousands of small enterprises to carve up. A high degree of dispersion of the market so that industry self-regulation weakened to such an extent that the face in 2004 and first quarter of this year sharply, thus pushing up the market of raw materials situation, the internal difficult to coordinate, and many enterprises are not even in the low-profit profits hard.

Experts point out that China's power in powder coatings to achieve the goal, we must first solve the problem of coordinated development of the industry, form a cohesive force of the problem:

First, realize and orderly competition, domestic powder coatings market is a matter of disorderly conduct, product quality casual commitment to lower standards of raw materials can lower the market is in chaos, the powder coating price was very low, malicious competition further reduced products, particularly high-quality products are the living space;

Second is to strengthen the standards of management, the current domestic campaign has not powder coating National standards or industry standards, which is an important reason for disorderly competition, some raw materials such as epoxy resin is still used the old original ministerial standards, enterprise standards more Products are good and the bad, has recently been formally set up a "synthetic resin powder coatings" industry standard-setting bodies, State Committee for Standardization paint pigments will organize relevant units and experts to carry out this task;

Three are greater technical input, our powder coating technology go buy the majority of foreign technical formula road with independent intellectual property rights涂料与涂装technology very little powder, powder coating technology R & D is very weak, can not be an objective of enterprise from the formal channels and the introduction of technology transfer, in addition to powder production process is simple, low investment and high return, in a way the collapse of the major companies to develop mechanisms, greatly weakened the capacity of its own technology research and development; fourth is to promote multi-market, our powder coatings market over-reliance on household electrical appliances and metal furniture products, subject to these products a great impact on the market over the past few years the situation has improved, but the market structure of the mission remains very heavy.

China powder coatings industry, further development, but also to solve the main material of epoxy resin-related technical problems.

China's consumption of epoxy resins for coatings and the main field of composite materials, electronic appliances, adhesives and other industries, including powder coating with epoxy resin in the gross domestic production of a considerable proportion of epoxy resin industry are the main fields of application. Epoxy resin technology content and quality to a large extent affects the performance of powder coatings, epoxy resin enterprises should increase the product technology development, improve product quality and stability of powder coatings for product quality and the quality of the provision of adequate guarantee.

China's usage of powder coatings is 25 to 30 percent per year growth rate, combined with National VOC emission restrictions and regulations on the strengthening of national key projects of 11 to start, it is bound to result in environmental protection thermoset powder coatings demand. Therefore the future prospects of Chinese powder coatings are open. According to China's Epoxy Resin Industry Association to experts, the future of powder coatings market in China mainly in the following aspects: First, the automobile industry. Vehicle has epoxy polyester powder coating of mixed type, polyester type, PVC and acrylic acid ester type, such as, at present Europe's BMW and "SMART" cars all use of powder coating, North America, mainly in the use of epoxy powder coated With the increasing environmental pressure, Europe, Japan is speeding up the promotion, the current domestic powder coatings in the automotive industry for many automotive engine, chassis, wheels, filters, joystick, mirrors, wiper and horn parts, etc. the coating. Powder Coatings are VOC paint one of the lowest emissions, and throughout the spraying process can be recycled at the same time do not need to use chemical pesticides and paint mist removal system to remove over spray mist. With the increasingly strict requirements of environmental protection and powder coating technology continues to improve, the application of powder coatings will become more and more widely.

Second, ship, pipeline industry. 2005 is the world's shipbuilding industry before and after a period of great development, the world demand for all classes of vessels will increase by 50 percent, as a maritime power, shipping and shipbuilding industry big country, the ship across the steel pipe systems, currently part of the ship pipes spraying powder coating applications and the development momentum is fierce, with the powder coating technology continues to improve. Plastic pipe has infiltrated into electronics, chemicals, construction, textile, petrochemical, medical and health systems, the application trend of increasing year by year. West-East Gas Pipeline project only required a total of 15,000 tons of powder coatings, plus a few domestic oil and gas lines, the amount of powder coatings at least in the more than 50,000 tons. Although the domestic powder coatings after several years of efforts, the quality of the product and has basically met the conditions of occupation of part of the market, currently dominated by imported goods still are, so the domestic powder coatings manufacturers compete for their market will become a fierce one. Three works are. In 1913 the United States in the construction of the bridge in Pennsylvania epoxy powder coatings used in coating of steel, epoxy powder found to greatly improve the life of the steel, the effective protection of the buildings, improve service life than expected, more than doubled, Powder Coatings which successfully entered the field of architecture. Currently widely used in aluminum, aluminum alloy ceiling, security doors, aluminum alloy curtain wall panels, such as powder coating, the current domestic annual 500 million square meters of building area to start, in which the great potential business opportunities is beyond doubt. Epoxy Powder Coatings are new petrochemical pipelines pipes in particular are the preferred anti-corrosion anticorrosion coating works varieties, Pipeline Anticorrosion Epoxy Powder Coatings are a completely non-solvent to spray powder form and melting film-forming a new type of coating, the present study are the main range of the modified base material.