Waterborne coatings also need policy support for the furniture coatings market to be improved

Nowadays, water-based coatings have captured the hearts of some consumers due to their superior environmental performance. However, as far as the current situation is concerned, water-based coatings in China cannot be equated with 'low-carbon'. difference. Modern people advocate 'low-carbon life'. As consumers' awareness of their own health and environmental protection improves, 'low-carbon' life is the general trend. For the most important house decoration link in life, the environmental protection and function of paint Sex is the most important part of all owners. Water-based paint refers to paint that uses water as a solvent or as a dispersion medium, and plays an increasingly important role in people's lives. However, all these requirements have laid a certain foundation for the development of water-based coatings.

China's waterborne wood coatings account for 2%, and the market is currently turning around

Nowadays, water-based coatings have captured the hearts of some consumers due to their superior environmental performance. However, as far as the current situation is concerned, water-based coatings in China cannot be equated with 'low-carbon'. difference. Modern people advocate 'low-carbon life'. As consumers' awareness of their own health and environmental protection improves, 'low-carbon' life is a general trend and an inevitable development in the future, and water-based coatings are undoubtedly the closest to low-carbon environmental protection. Paint products, in addition, to say that water-based paints currently only water-based wood coatings have the right to compete for a long time.

It is understood that the total output of China's coatings reached 7.55 million tons, of which water-based coatings accounted for 3.21 million tons, accounting for about 43% of the total output. However, it is understood that in 2009, China's annual use of wood coatings was about 800,000 tons Among them, solvent-based coatings account for 98%, and water-based wood coatings account for only about 2%.

Although the proportion of waterborne wood coatings in China is not high, at present, the development of the Chinese coatings market has begun to change. Since the sharp rise in crude oil prices in the past two years, coating raw material manufacturers have begun to raise prices for their products many times, resulting in oiliness. The price of paint has to rise, and some have even been higher than some water-based paint. This situation has promoted the development of water-based paint to some extent. In addition, unofficial data shows that the total output of coatings last year was 9.666 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 22.8%. This shows that waterborne coatings in 2010 are bound to be driven by the overall trend of coatings and occupy more market share.

The development of water-based coatings needs policy and regulatory support

In recent years, the volatile organic compounds in paints have increasingly attracted people ’s attention to the environment and the human body. Compared with traditional solvent-based paints, water-based paints can greatly reduce VOC emissions and effectively reduce the impact on the environment. It also helps reduce the potential for occupational diseases, reduces fire risks and storage hazards, and simplifies and reduces the processes and costs of corporate ventilation and water treatment.

However, the current development of waterborne coatings in China seems to have encountered some obstacles, mainly reflected in the improvement of policies and regulations, the strengthening of technological innovation and the popularization of public awareness. Looking back on the development history of water-based coatings in Europe, America and other countries, policies and regulations have played a vital role in it. The strict policies and regulations promulgated successively have forced many coating companies to upgrade their industries and embark on the road to water-based coatings.

On the contrary, due to imperfect policies and regulations, coating companies have not really paid attention to the development of water-based coatings, and the short-sightedness of the company will cause little investment in the water-based coatings market, which will not affect consumers' ultimate purchase behavior, and consumer behavior It will also affect the judgment of policy makers and enterprises on the water-based paint market. Therefore, accelerating the development of water-based coatings in China should start with policies and regulations, technology promotion, market education and other aspects.