Domestic producers of aluminum paste the deficiencies

Aluminum paste is a pigment,it is through a special processing technology and surface treatment,making the aluminum surface is smooth edges neat,regular shape, particle size distribution is concentrated,with excellent coating system matching.In industrialized countries,the largest proportion of aluminum paste for the consumer of a class,first half of 2012 aluminum paste,aluminum paste consumption has more than a half of total consumption.Aluminum Silver main producing countries are the United States,Germany,Japan,the UK and China,etc.,aluminum paste industry in China began in 1995,when the first aluminum paste enterprises to enter the market is the German ECKART company (love card),Then TOYO and SILBERLINE also have to enter the Chinese market to them as the representatives of the German Department,the U.S. and Japanese aluminum paste,there are different:some of the aluminum paste product characteristics for the coating of automotive coatings.

Currently,the domestic demand for high-grade aluminum paste market of 1.5 million tons,of which about 2,500 tons imported from abroad.Middle and low aluminum paste occupied market fundamentals for domestic manufacturers, especially low-grade aluminum paste market.In the high-grade aluminum paste market,Chinese enterprises and foreign companies varied not homogeneous.With the development of the market,the domestic aluminum paste and continuously improve product quality and stability,so that some of the past better-known manufacturers such as ECKART,SCHLENK other sales in the Chinese market to gradually decline.Their mainstream products in the Chinese market,the price is also forced gradually lowered.Among them,the January 2012-June global demand for aluminum paste at an average annual rate of increase of 3.1%.Market is relatively mature slower growth in industrialized countries,North America and Western Europe,demand for aluminum paste annual increase of 2.1%.Will continue to occupy more than half of global demand.Japan's lower average annual increase of 1.9% per year in 2011-2012,but reversing the negative growth of 1.3%.In addition, the growth in demand for aluminum paste in developing countries will be higher than the world average.China's annual growth rate will be 7.6%,is Asia's largest aluminum paste market.India's average annual growth rate will be 7.5%.

China aluminum paste production industry is starting from the early 1990s, production history and foreign enterprises is still relatively short.Enterprises have started relatively early Zhangqiu Metallic Pigment Co., Ltd.,Jinan Yasida Chemical Technology Development Co., Ltd.Danyang Gwangyang aluminum silver factory, Shenzhen City Industrial Co., Ltd. and other family.They are aluminum paste imitation love card started,after the family Xing generic technology pioneered breakthrough,therefore outflow from family Hing some technical workers,many manufacturers are using the family of aluminum paste Xing technology built up,such as Shanghai Shanjing Aluminum Ltd.,Dongliang Aluminum Limited.After several years of development,the enterprise has grown,have their own form of the current situation of the specialty products.At present,the production capacity of Zhangqiu relatively large,the annual output of up to 8,000 tons;family Hing's annual production capacity can reach 3000 tons;Yasida and Dongliang annual production capacity of about 2,000 tons,the production capacity of other manufacturers is relatively small.

Through in-depth understanding of the status of domestic enterprises, domestic enterprises in the development of aluminum paste,raw material selection, production process control,sales and technical support so there are deficiencies.

1.       domestic firms tend to specialize in aluminum paste production and sales.Few dedicated team studying the market,competitors,especially in downstream applications.Most aluminum paste plant on the downstream customer specific application conditions are basically ignorant.

2.       basic aluminum paste industry in a "semi-closed" state,no inter-industry exchanges,some of the manufacturers and technical personnel will be divided into several pieces,each person is responsible only for a part;they rarely forces with research institutions to develop new systems products.

3.       on the selection of raw materials:aluminum paste in a large enterprise,the author saw to Zhangqiu himself from start spraying aluminum powder,aluminum powder spray other manufacturers are outsourcing.Large foreign companies have their own aluminum paste,spray aluminum. Purchased spray quality aluminum is difficult to grasp,and then subsequent processes are strictly lose a source.

4.       Since aluminum paste as functional color pigments,aluminum in the coating could play its due role and aluminum paste itself whether the solvent system used in the coating resin and solvent systems are dissolved and have a great relationship.Aluminum is amphoteric metal,generally paints acid value should be controlled below 7.In addition,marine paint/corrosion paint,automotive paint, plastic paint and coatings used in different resin systems.Epoxy,polyester,alkyd resin,acrylic resin,nitrocellulose,etc.,corresponding to different solvent systems.

5.       production process control areas:domestic enterprises are basically extensive manual control,as currently observed in the factory production process,difficult to believe that the aluminum production process can be precisely controlled thickness to diameter ratio and particle size distribution.

6.       In addition,aluminum paste manufacturing fatty acid and various additives with a lack of proper research also led to development of high-grade aluminum paste ineffective.

7.       In contrast domestic aluminum paste is not enough,"white",not "clean",product storage period is not long enough.

8.       after-sales service and technical support:domestic enterprises in this regard there are gaps,basically in the "sale less control" state.The person responsible for the technical support and after-sales service will be more paste into customers.

In summary,although there are many companies lack aluminum paste, however,the domestic manufacturers of aluminum paste aluminum paste production from the beginning to now just a few years,has made considerable progress in the low-end products on the market,known foreign companies have been snatched from over a large market share.However,we still have to see that the domestic manufacturers in the aluminum paste features and high-end products on the market is still in a relatively inferior position.To ECKART (love card),led by foreign companies realize the pressure from domestic companies,are the product application centers and even the factory located in China,and more fierce market competition in China and even the world is about to unfold.

By Betty