Waterborne paint has struck or ended paint

In 2013, atmospheric environmental governance became the focus of public attention. The state issued the “Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Pollution,” which is known as “the most severe pollution control measures in history”. The “plan” has set clear governance directions for many polluting industries.

The paint industry is included as one of the important sources of organic volatiles (VOCs). “Planning” clearly mentions “promoting and using water-based paints”. According to industry insiders, this indicates that environmental, toxic, flammable and explosive paints are no longer able to meet the requirements of national environmental protection policies and the paint industry will step into environmental protection. The era of healthy water-based paint.

High levels of pollution and harmful to the environment The environmental protection threshold for the paint industry has been mentioned in several air pollution prevention and control regulations issued in recent years by the state. The state has repeatedly imposed restrictions on the discharge of paint. The state regulates and paints industry, the starting point is environmental protection. "In the words of Zhao Xiaodong, deputy director of the National Coatings Engineering Technology Research Center. It is understood that the major source of PM2.5 formation is VOC, and that paint is one of the important “contributors” to VOC. Therefore, the emission restrictions on paint have repeatedly appeared in the regulations on atmospheric governance.

“The paint is diluted with organic solvents. Nearly 50% of the organic solvents are volatilized during the process of production, construction, and film formation.” Zhao Xiaodong said that the public’s impression of the pungent odor of the paint was not only caused. The waste of resources has polluted the environment. Moreover, paints are flammable and explosive, and there are great safety risks in storage and transportation. They are dangerous goods.

It is understood that paint volatile VOC, including benzene, esters, aldehydes, etc., which are serious harm to the human body, excessive inhalation can cause dizziness, chest tightness, cough and other symptoms, and even lead to pleurisy, cancer, leukemia and other diseases. According to statistics released by the National Environmental Monitoring Center, the number of poisoning deaths caused by exposure to paint each year is as many as 110,000, an average of about 304 people per day.

It is also true that painters have become high-risk occupations. It is understood that during the painting process, a large amount of organic solvents volatilize instantaneously, and even if there are protective measures, it will still cause some damage. At present, the occupational health of painters has also aroused widespread concern in society.

Water paint instead of paint is a trend As a senior researcher in the paint industry, Zhao Xiaodong believes that water paint has three absolute advantages over paint. The first is environmental protection. The medium of water lacquer is water. The water that evaporates during use is water and will not cause environmental pollution. This is also the main reason for the policy to encourage water lacquer and restrict paint. Second, it is to reduce safety risks. Water lacquer storage and transportation are all It is safe and belongs to non-hazardous chemicals; again it is to reduce the harm to occupational health.

Chen Ming, Chief Engineer of Chenyang Group explains the environmental protection of the water paint visually with numbers. Take Chenyang water lacquer with an annual output of 125,000 tons as an example, compared with the traditional paint factory with the same capacity scale, Chenyang for one year It can save 100,000 tons of solvent, equivalent to saving 200,000 tons of oil and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 715,000 tons. The characteristics of environmental protection and energy saving are also internal reasons why experts in the industry believe that water paint can rise rapidly.

Although the domestic paint market is still occupying an important position in the paint market, in the developed countries, water paint has long been the mainstream paint product. Professor Yao Yaozong, a well-known coating expert, said that the use of water paint is relatively early in the world, and the use rate in Europe has reached 80%-90%. Since April 1, 2004, the European Union has banned the production, sale and use of oil paints. . It can be said that water paint has become a veritable paint "terminator." In China, architectural paints have basically become water-based, and the water-based market share of industrial paints and wood paints is less than 5%, but the growth rate is very fast.

Recently, the Waterborne Platform (China) released "China Waterborne Industrial Wood Coatings Market Research Report" pointed out that in the future the rapid growth of waterborne industrial coatings will reach 25%. The "Report" also mentioned that waterborne furniture coatings are no longer the consensus of waterborne raw material suppliers and water paint suppliers. From government agencies to furniture companies and distributors, the entire value chain is doing Preparation and offense, water-based furniture paint instead of paint is an inevitable trend of development, which also means that water paint is the paint "terminator" has become a consensus.

It is undeniable that paint used to have advantages over water paint in terms of performance and construction, but with the advancement of science and technology and the application of new materials, water paint has achieved breakthroughs in performance and quality. According to Xiao Ming, Chenyang water lacquer has been widely used in various fields, and the product is not inferior to paint in terms of glossiness, service life, and corrosion resistance, and some are even better. At present, Chenyang has begun to develop more advanced aerospace paints and other high-end products, trying to push Chenyang water paint to a wider field.

The era of water lacquer has come. "The morning of spring has already arrived." Facing the policy's clear support for water-based paint, Chen Sun Group Chairman Liu Shanjiang said. Xiao Ming also expressed the same opinion, he believes that the current water paint industry is in the eve of explosive growth, is about to usher in a blowout development period. Like them, people in the industry are generally optimistic about the prospect of water paint.

The policy orientation directly determines the market trend, and more and more traditional paint companies are beginning to involve “water”. As early as August of last year, China International Coatings Fair 2013, a number of companies put the promotion of water paint products to a prominent position. Tubohui has always been known as the industry trend indicator. This change has already indicated that water paint has entered the turning point of development. .

What is gratifying for the industry is that the public’s awareness of water paint is rapidly increasing. On the one hand, it is due to policy guidance. On the other hand, it is inseparable from the strong promotion of Chenyang Group nationwide. The paint industry is known as the “Chinese water paint to see Chen Yang”. As a leader in water paint, Chenyang Group not only leads the industry but also passes the concept of water paint to millions of households. "The paint does not need to wear a mask, and the morning sun water paint makes the family feel at ease." This advertisement can be seen everywhere. It is also the most vivid and healthy features of the water paint.

From paint to water paint, it is the progress of technology, and it is the necessity for the transformation and upgrading of the paint industry. When the paint under the environmental pressure is no longer the scene, an era of water paint has quietly come.