Recently, Research institutions Zion Market Research released a new research report shows that the global water paint market size in 2015 was $58 billion 390 million, and $78 billion 240 million by 2021, a CAGR of 5%.

Waterborne coatings are widely used in the field of automotive painting

All automobile manufacturers are concerned about water paint technology and realized its importance, and the development speed of water paint technology in the field soon. As everyone knows, water paint with water as the solvent, is environmentally friendly, easy construction, characteristics of heat resistance, wear resistance, suitable for paint spraying equipment.

Although water paint in performance has some limitations, but because the risk consciousness strict regulation and the solvent coating environment improved, the strong momentum of development, and environmentally friendly waterborne coatings are becoming more and more successful development, and applied to the downstream industries, including construction, shipbuilding, furniture manufacturing, automobile industry etc..

Demand for high performance pigments instead of lead chromate pigment is more and more high, therefore, the German Kabir (Heubach) the company decided to expand its factories in Germany Langelsheim bismuth vanadate pigment production, is expected to start in 2017.

Bismuth vanadate pigment products trademark for VANADUR? And VANADUR? PLUS, and the company is constantly developing new products. Among them, the series of inorganic yellow pigment products have unique green phase, and has excellent stability, mainly used in paints, plastics and other manufacturing industries.

Cab holding company CEO Johann Heubach said, “the implementation of the suppressive measures will help to promote the sustainable development of pigment products of lead chromate pigments, and substitution of lead chromate pigments. In this regard, Kabir company can provide multiple sets of solutions for users, and put into action. For example, shortly before the expansion of the composite inorganic color pigment in German factory (CICPs) production capacity, the expansion of the India plant inorganic yellow pigment production, and is planning the expansion project of bismuth vanadate pigment.”

Cab (Germany) CEO Reiner Martens said, “this expansion plan is also being driven by some other factors, such as the recent company in product development and technical breakthrough, so as to further improve the quality of the bismuth vanadate pigment, the alkali has better stability and heat resistance. We believe that the advantages of high performance bismuth vanadate pigment will soon push up the market demand.”

Just a few words simply describes this year the price of titanium dioxide for each of several factors, a titanium dioxide enterprise 2016 is lucky. However, some enterprises have been firmly occupy the top spot, some enterprises back to life, but some companies are still struggling. May have experienced a trough in 2015, but also experienced the sweetness of 2016, titanium dioxide enterprises will face up to their own.

In 2016, the market supply and demand has the same end, the supply side, due to overcapacity in 2015, overseas enterprises to shut production of titanium dioxide is about 410 thousand tons, domestic enterprises also have reduced losses by shutting down, limiting the production of titanium dioxide manufacturers etc.. This situation is to provide the basis for the price increase in 2016, while the market demand for timely recovery, in 2015 the real estate policy to stimulate the property market, 2016 property prices rose crazy, steady growth in demand for titanium dioxide. Overseas demand growth, China’s total exports of titanium dioxide in 2015 was 538394.4 tons, in 2016 1-11 total titanium dioxide exports of 658464.006 tons, an increase of 36.38%. November 2016 China’s titanium dioxide exports 63243.457 tons, an increase of 59.15%, an increase of $15.79%, of which the top three countries exported to India, the United States, South Korea, the top three export areas for Sichuan, Shandong, the United states.

The impact of the 2016 market environment factors include environmental protection policy, the “supply side” reform; “supply side” reform mainly emphasizes the structural reforms for the titanium dioxide industry, policy driven optimization within the industry production capacity, low energy consumption, high quality products will become the mainstream of the market, affected by this, the market competition will be more and more healthy. Once the price war, adulterated products will be reduced by technological innovation between cost and quality products replaced by competition. Environmental protection policy based on the whole society for environmental concerns, the recent Panzhihua industrial zone is a good reflection of the status quo of titanium dioxide plant in 2016 also indicates the future.

In 2016, titanium dioxide prices soared, according to monitoring data show that in early 2016 the rutile titanium dioxide factory price at 9900 yuan / ton, has experienced 13 large-scale rise, the rutile factory price at 16800 yuan / ton, up nearly 70%.
As the world’s best performance of white pigment, due to its advantages of stable performance, high whiteness, hiding power, titanium dioxide is widely used in coating, plastic, ink, paper and other industries, in recent years the application in cosmetics, enamel, glass and other aspects are also increasing. Such a so widely used chemical products in 2015, with the majority of chemical products, through the dark year, prices plummeted, shrinking profits, titanium dioxide manufacturers recession, or even make ends meet.

However, for titanium dioxide, the trough of 2015 was fortunate to pass, the market changes that affect the price trend of 2016?
Titanium dioxide cost increases, 46% of titanium concentrate price from the beginning of 2016 the average price of 510 yuan / ton rose to the current average price of 1400 yuan / ton, up to 180%. Furthermore, with the mature of market economy, the price of titanium dioxide business, the amount of spell spell has passed, to meet the needs of market development, titanium dioxide companies must constantly increase investment in research and innovation, equipment and personnel investment.

2016 outbreak of the domestic chemical market activity, business agency chemical index rose from 618 points to the end of the year of 833 points, the overall increase of up to 215 points. Recalling the rise in the chemical market in 2016, can not be separated from the promotion of key factors, the business summed up the chemical industry, the ten key words, as follows:
[crude oil rebound]
WTI hit a low of $26.21 a barrel in early February 11th, rebounding all the way to $102.56 a barrel in late December 23rd. More than doubled throughout the year.
[supply side reform]

November 10, 2015, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the central financial leading group of the eleventh meeting for the first time, in a modest expansion of aggregate demand, while strengthening the structural reform of the supply side”. Supply side reform has become the focus of national attention in 2016. Through the supply side reform to eliminate backward production capacity, improve the quality of the industry, optimize the industrial structure is conducive to the long-term sustainable development of chemical industry.
[Planning] in 13th Five-Year
October 2016 “petrochemical and chemical industry development plan (2016-2020)” was officially released from the policy to promote a new starting point for the 2016 chemical industry cycle.
[green]

July 2016 the first batch of central environmental inspection teams stationed in Mongolia, black, Su, Gan, Yu, Guizhou, cloud, Ning and other 8 provinces (autonomous regions) to carry out the work of environmental protection inspectors. In November 24, 2016 second batch of environmental protection inspectors work started, the formation of the 7 Central Environmental Protection Inspectorate, responsible for the 7 provinces of Beijing, Shanghai, Hubei, Guangdong, Chongqing, Shaanxi, Gansu (city) to carry out supervision and inspection work. Strict rectification, shutting down backward, heavily polluting chemical enterprises.
[real estate unpopular]
Since 2016, China’s real estate market reproduction hot, driven by a number of decoration, decoration materials for the end of the chemical products market.
[G20]
Twenty leaders of the group of G20 summit in September 4th to 5 in Zhejiang, Hangzhou, Hangzhou and the surrounding enterprises stop production, chemical prices rose.
[921]
September 21st by the Ministry of transport, Ministry of Public Security jointly issued the regulations on the implementation of the provisions of the highway traffic management regulations, the transport costs generally raised.
Black swan

Beijing time 15:30 on November 9th, the U.S. presidential election, Trump to 276 votes more than the votes of the president of the United States to win the victory of the new president of the United States to become the new president of the United States, with a total of more than 218 votes in. Analysts said, after Trump came to power or will affect China export exports of titanium dioxide, for this kind of good chemical species or under pressure, and China chemical enterprises into the international market, the pace will slow down or.
[the federal reserve rate hike]
Beijing time on December 16th morning, the Federal Reserve announced that the federal funds rate target range increased by 25 basis points to the level of 0.5% to 0.75%. Interest rate on energy, intangible assets, such as slightly larger impact on the external impact of assets.
Devaluation of the renminbi
As of December 27th, the RMB against the U.S. dollar since the beginning of the devaluation of more than 7%, reaching $7.04%, the central parity of RMB against the U.S. dollar from the beginning of the year to reduce the current 6.95 to 6.50. This will make commodities, textiles, clothing, shipping, chemical and other industries closely related to the export of strong boost.

[832]
December 27th business agency chemical index was 833 points, compared with the lowest point in the year in January 2016 rose by 600 points to 38.83%.
[100.63%]
Affected by the impact of the BASF explosion, TDI10 month volatility, only from October 7th to 19 within the next two weeks rose by up to 100.63%.
[56%]

2016 domestic PX 56% of foreign dependence, according to customs statistics show high levels of total imports of 1-10 month PX up to 10 million 88 thousand tons, the total annual imports will exceed 11 million 500 thousand tons mark, domestic production is only 9 million 200 thousand tons, external dependence is as high as 56%.
[30%]
In order to alleviate the pressure of excess capacity, domestic enterprises reached an agreement to offer limited production, for the period of one year, each big enterprise combined with limited production of about 30% diammonium.
[23 million 566 thousand tons]
2016 1-11 month cumulative production reached 23 million 566 thousand tons, an increase of 4.6%. Among them, Shanxi, Yunnan, Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou and other regions are in the production of calcium carbide single month more than 10% growth.
[90]

As of December 27th, the business sector to monitor the chemical sector commodity prices rose in 2016 a total of 90 kinds, down a total of 28 kinds of goods.
[935]
2016 1~8 months in Shandong province chemical industry shut down safety and environmental protection enterprises 935
[8.6%]
2016 1-10 months, above scale industrial enterprises profit rose 8.6%.
[83.26%]

2016 liquidchlorine become most of the decline, as of December 27, 2016 the overall decline in 83.26%.
[117]
The new version of the national hazardous waste list will be adjusted to 46 categories of hazardous waste in the 479 categories, of which the new hazardous waste of the 117.

First, resistance In the China paddy fields, wheat fields, for example, acetolactate synthase (ALS) inhibitor herbicide resistant to basic broadleaf weeds, resistance to gramineous weeds have emerged; the traditional and the most used acetyl coenzyme A carboxylase (Accase) inhibitors in addition to herbicide on the resistance of weeds in wheat field and broadleaf weeds are also common. In these staple crops, due to resistance problems, we need effective component mechanism to deal with the new company, Dow AgroSciences and other will see these opportunities for innovation.

Second, minor crops

Because people pay more and more attention to health, so the traditional small crop growing area. These minor crops herbicide solution is missing, in fact, many traditional products can be used, the key is to test and registration.

Third, GM crops A herbicide, there are a lot of potential market to be developed. Glyphosate resistant transgenic crops 20 years ago began listing in 20 years ago to the stage 10 years ago, everyone thought that was the end of a selective herbicide, not to exploit. But several years later, it was 10 years ago to this time 5 years ago, in the field of genetically modified crops, especially more and more Roundup resistant weeds, North and South America market is so, so that some of the previous life and herbicide. In the Americas, glyphosate and other herbicides, such as glyphosate and sulfonamide, sulfonylurea and imidazolinone herbicides mixed very much. China is the largest producer of glyphosate, we can also develop terminal products such as glyphosate and other products, will be mixed. Especially in the near future, with the development of resistance 2, 4- drops and dicamba on GM crops, the two effective components and glyphosate mixture market opportunities will be very big.

Guo Jingquan admitted that the herbicide formulation is very difficult, many companies are trying to do research in this area, but it is not easy to get a product, it is active for all plants.

Yang Guangfu graduated from Nankai University to agricultural science at the Huazhong Normal University, focused on formulation of herbicide, has established a relatively complete system of pesticide molecular design technology. The development of new compounds and entered the industrialization has 5 (benzene thiazide bacteria ester, amide, ether amide ether chlorobenzene fluorobenzene, quinoline ketone, methyl ketone of grass grass), of which two herbicides, there are a number of highly active pesticide candidates in development.

Shandong Xianda agricultural Limited by Share Ltd was founded in 2000, the company chairman Wang Xianquan said that the herbicide market is very cruel, facing the competitive pressure, especially for genetically modified crops herbicide market impact, and the development of resistance to herbicide development has brought opportunities. The company not only focus on non patented pesticides, has become Asia’s largest imidazolinone herbicides and cyclohexenones production enterprises; at the same time, the company also began to get involved in the field of pesticide patents.

Wang pointed out that China enterprise future lies in innovative products with independent intellectual property rights, create their own brand in the international market, with sales channels. To this end, the company earlier this year with the Nankai University, Huazhong Normal University jointly set up in Shandong, the first Agricultural Innovation Institute, signed a cooperation agreement with the Huazhong Normal University HPPD herbicide “, jointly developed with independent intellectual property rights of the HPPD inhibitor herbicides of ketone and methyl ketone of grass grass. The company will strive to the products made of international brand products, peak product sales target is $100 million.

Yang Guangfu said, only China pesticide to the world, to become the real power of the Chinese pesticide.

In December 22nd, Sinopec Southern China sales company of Maoming petrochemical, Guangzhou Petrochemical butadiene price increase 1100 yuan / ton, 17000 yuan / ton, mutual supply, a small amount of export. Sinopec East China sales company of Yangzi Petrochemical, Shanghai petrochemical, BASF and Zhenhai butadiene price increase 1200 yuan / ton, 17000 yuan / ton, mutual supply, no export. China Petrochemical (Tianjin ethylene) normal operation of 200 thousand tons / year butadiene plant, today for the price increase 1200 yuan / ton, 17000 yuan / ton. For each, a small amount of export. Due to the upstream parking device, Shandong Huayu rubber 100 thousand tons / year butadiene extraction device is forced to drop negative operation, suspend the export.

The recent butadiene spot market supply shortage, and with the northern manufacturers to suspend exports, further tightening of supply; supply shortage in support, prices continue to rise. Shanghai SECCO planned maintenance plan started in November postponed to 2017 3-4 months; Shandong Huayu device by the upstream device influence short-term parking after low load operation in December 17th. At present because of scarcity of supply led businesses cover Xishou; manufacturers inventory low, price constantly pulled downstream rubber market trend is stronger. The business community data analysts believe that the short-term market will narrow consolidation.