Core Abstract: In 2007, China was the second largest plastic import source and the third largest export city in the US plastic import and export trade?S takes blame?Strengthening cooperation with China has become more important than ever for the occurrence of the European and American markets, such as the subprime mortgage crisis and the limited relatively mature growth potential of the US plastic industry.Neil C Parat, Senior Director, American Plastic Industry Association (NeilCPratt)
In 2007, China was the second largest source of plastics imports and the third largest export market in the US plastic import and export trade.Strengthening cooperation with China has become more important than ever, given the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States and the limited relatively mature growth potential in the US plastic industry.Neil C Parrat (Neil C Pratt), senior director of the American Plastic Industry Association, recently accepted an exclusive interview with our reporter on issues related to the China-US plastic industry cooperation.Palat said the US is the world's largest producer of synthetic resins, accounting for about 40 percent of its total global polyolefin production, it said.The rapid development of globalization and outsourcing to low-cost countries has reduced the number of jobs in the U. S. plastic industry at an 11% annual rate after 2002.But more advanced technology, a higher-quality workforce and more new international business increased shipments of American plastic manufacturing rapidly at 18%, output at 8%, and trade surplus significantly from $5.8 billion in 2006 to $10.9 billion in 2007.The American plastic industry is more competitive than ever.
Joint venture and cooperation will develop together
Parat believes that China's plastic industry is undergoing earth-shaking changes, not only the industry scale is expanding rapidly, but also the product quality is also rapidly improving.China's plastic machining capacity has ranked first in the world and is transforming from plastic manufacturer to independent development country; China has become second in the world and gradually from large imports to domestic production; plastic products are second in the world, and low value-added products are gradually replaced by Chinese brands with independent intellectual property rights.Parat said the United States is the world's largest single national plastic consumption??Field, In recent years, the number of plastic and plastic products imported from China has grown rapidly.According to US customs statistics, in 2007, US imports of synthetic resins, plastic products, plastic machinery and plastic molds from China were $333 million, $7.914 billion, $43 million and $129 million, respectively, accounting for 22% of total U. S. plastic industry imports.In the same year, U. S. exports of synthetic resin, plastic products, plastic machinery and plastic molds were $2.886 billion, 658 million, 113 million and 9.5 million, respectively, making China the third largest plastic export market in the United States.Parat said that China and the United States, which play an important position in the plastic industry, should conduct closer exchanges and cooperation in various forms in products and technology in the future.
Parat believes that the establishment of a Sino-US joint venture has become an important measure for American plastic companies to develop in China.Through joint ventures, it has become the consensus of American companies to meet the global needs of China and reflect the global development strategy.Investing in large projects and setting up joint ventures will still be an important form of China-US plastic cooperation.The Fujian Refining and Chemical Integration Project, jointly invested by ExxonMobil, Saudi Aramco and Sinopec, is the first world-class Sino-foreign joint venture project integrating upstream and downstream in the petrochemical industry. It is of great significance to enhancing the status of the petrochemical industry, so it has attracted much attention.Among them, the ethylene unit with an annual capacity of 800,000 tons and the corresponding downstream synthetic resin production device are expected to be put into production in 2009.In August last year, DuPont China Group and Sinopec established Beijing Huamei Polymer Co.The joint venture will utilize DuPont's advanced EVA(vinyl vinyl acetate copolymer) production technology to produce EVA and blend products.The production capacity is 60,000 tons / year and is expected to operate by the end of this year.
Technical exchanges to seek a win-win situation
A growing number of American plastic companies are increasing their business through technology licensing.Getting technology licenses to improve their innovation ability has also become an important means for many Chinese companies to speed up technology development.Parat stressed that technology exchanges will play an increasingly important role in the future development of the plastic industry in the future.It is understood that Sinopec Maoming Petrochemical Company introduced the production process in 2006.The high-density polyethylene device of Maoming Petrochemical built with this complete set of technology has an annual production capacity of 350,000 tons.The products produced are anti-aging, low temperature resistance, acid and alkali resistance, high crystallinity and insulation, good processing and molding performance, which is a thermoplastic with high added value.This product is in high demand, but in the past, there was no special production device in China, and more than 60% of the products relied on imports.The put into production of Maoming Petrochemical has played a small role in optimizing the downstream product structure of Chinese ethylene, improving the post-processing level of general plastic products, and driving the regional economic development.In January 2007, Sinopec Shanghai Gaoqiao Petrochemical Company with an annual output of 200,000 tons was officially put into production.This is the only device using the Dow company continuous ontology polymerization process in China, and it is also the largest continuous ontology polymerization process ABS production device in the world.The process has the advantages of low raw materials, electricity, water, nitrogen and less waste waste.The products produced with this process are pure in color, strong in self-coloring ability, and high in product added value, especially applicable to information technology equipment components.The introduction of this technology has played a positive role in alleviating the shortage of domestic ABS supply in China and improving the market competitiveness of ABS production in China.Palat finally said that an important work of the association in the future is to promote technical exchanges between the two countries.The American Plastic Association has issued an invitation to Chinese enterprises to actively participate in the plastic product design competition to be held during the 2009 American International Plastic Exhibition, so as to show and exchange the latest innovative application achievements in the field of plastic.
Post time: Dec-08-2021