Five Top Priorities for Glass Fiber Composite Industry

First,the whole industry should take action to speed up the supply side reform.

The whole industry has taken active actions to respond to the supply-side reform policy proposed by President Xi to eliminate excess capacity,that is,to eliminate backward capacity.In the glass fiber composite industry,although the tank furnace capacity has accounted for 90%,after all,there are still 10%of the ball kilns and crucibles that need to be compressed and removed.The existing technical level of tank furnaces still needs to be improved,and it has been clearly pointed out in the 13th Five-Year Plan that the R&D teams represented by the three major tank furnace enterprises.Technological innovation and integration have been continuously carried out in the design of large tank furnace production line with high melting rate,the development of glass raw material testing and formula,the modification and recovery of sizing agent,the development of large bushing and platinum loss,the intelligent construction of production line,and the recovery and utilization of waste heat.The pilot work has been carried out in Taishan Glass Fiber,so as to promote the continuous improvement and upgrading of domestic tank furnace technology.

Two,break through the bottleneck of industry development.

As a part of the emerging industry,glass fiber composite materials are still small in size and light in weight,and have not yet formed a real industrial scale,so where is the bottleneck restricting the development of the industry?At present,the main problem is that the thermoplastic technology products have not been implemented for a long time.At present,only LFT is mature in technology and equipment.Although its output and application speed are increasing,it is far from forming a scale.The association actively"goes out"and has communicated with foreign thermoplastic manufacturers,striving to abandon the original thermosetting products as soon as possible,keep up with the international development trend in 5 to 10 years,and achieve a breakthrough in thermoplastic technology.Can thermosetting composites with poor environmental friendliness,long processing cycle and difficult recycling achieve circular economy?Europe,the United States and other countries are also unable to do so.The development of circular economy is a major strategic decision of our country and an inevitable choice for the development of every industry.Vigorously developing thermoplastic composites is the only way for the healthy and sustainable development of glass fiber composites.

Third,the upper and lower industrial chains are integrated.

What is a composite material?Composites are materials composed of two or more materials with different properties by physical or chemical methods,which have new properties.We should break through the shackles of previous thinking,break the boundaries of the past,organically unite the upstream and downstream of the composite industry chain,from raw material production,equipment suppliers to terminal users,while widening the width of the industrial chain and extending the length of the industrial chain,all link manufacturers cooperate and cooperate with each other on the basis of division of labor,so as to achieve resource sharing.We must not do things in our own way and build cars behind closed doors as before,which will lead to the failure of large-scale development,the failure of the industry to form a joint force,and the difficulty of expanding the market.

Taking the field of transportation as an example,the automotive industry is the largest user of composite materials,and now the automotive lightweight has become an effective way to achieve energy saving and emission reduction in the automotive industry,and has become one of the main directions of current and future automotive technology development.Data show that in 2011,the average amount of plastic used in automobiles in developed countries reached more than 300 kg/vehicle,accounting for 20%of the total curb weight;now the average amount of composite materials used in each automobile in developed countries has exceeded 70 kg,while the average consumption of composite materials used in each automobile in China is only about 10 kg.China is the world's largest automobile market.In 2015,China's automobile production and sales exceeded 24.5 million units,a record high in the world,ranking first in the world for seven consecutive years.Conservatively calculated at 35 yuan per kilogram of composite materials,it can be estimated that in the next 10 years,composite materials will have a huge market share of about 260 billion yuan.

Looking at high-speed rail,from scratch,from controversial to vigorous promotion,in a short period of more than ten years,China's high-speed rail has roared at an unimaginable speed.Taking the train of the times,composite materials have also ushered in a major development opportunity.From the body of high-speed rail trains to the interior equipment of carriages,composite materials are everywhere active,and the use of composite materials is still on the rise.On the contrary,we have been making pipe pultrusion profiles for decades,but now we still can not occupy the market,or even make our own brand,which deserves deep reflection.

Fourth,actively explore new application fields.

With the development of high-speed railway,new energy vehicles,wind power,urban pipeline network,oil pipeline,agricultural breeding and other industries,the association began to vigorously advocate infiltration into these fields three years ago,looking for and discovering more application fields with SCA le development potential,so as to promote the development of high-speed railway and new energy vehicles.The publication of Opinions adds fuel to the glass fiber composite industry to actively explore new application fields,and also poses new challenges to the process performance of composite materials.It is imperative to do a good job in the research and development of staple fibers,long fibers and fabric fibers.Military forces did not move hay first,otherwise once advanced equipment was introduced,these high-performance raw materials had to be imported from abroad.Therefore,the industry should actively respond to the actions proposed by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to cultivate and upgrade individual champion enterprises in manufacturing industry,and focus on cultivating several competitive individual champion enterprises as the mainstay of industry transformation and upgrading.

There is no doubt that Jushi,Taishan and Chongqing International,the three leading enterprises in the glass fiber industry,are included in the list,and the composite material industry also has leading enterprises focusing on specific fields and pursuing craftsmanship,such as Lianyungang Zhongfu Lianzhong,which has the largest domestic market share of megawatt blade products for several consecutive years,and relying on Beibo Institute.Another example is Dongying Shengli Xinda Industrial Group,which produces more than 20000 kilometers of FRP high-pressure pipelines at home and abroad,which is a well-deserved single champion in this field.In the next few years,the association will continue to select outstanding pultrusion and winding enterprises in the glass fiber composite industry as demonstration units,which integrate automation,intelligence and recyclable green development,so as to guide the industry to focus on innovation and product quality and improve the overall competitiveness of the industry.The association will help more champion enterprises stand out.

Five,make every effort to achieve the"13th Five-Year"goal of the industry.

China Glass Fiber Industry Association is the first industry association in the building materials industry to submit the"12th Five-Year Plan"to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.It is a pioneer in deepening reform and accelerating transformation,and has produced a list of products recommended to be included in the Catalogue of Key Products for Emerging Building Materials Industries.

Now the"13th Five-Year Plan"has entered the first year,the glass fiber composite industry in the"13th Five-Year Plan"put forward the goal of"by 2020,the total income of Enterprises above the scale will reach 500 billion yuan,doubling that of the end of the 12th Five-Year Plan."In order to achieve this goal,we must expand the market scale of fiber composite products in high-end applications.Improve the level of product quality and added value,lay a solid foundation for the"14th Five-Year Plan",and strive to create a myth of 1 trillion yuan in the"14th Five-Year Plan".We firmly believe that the future of glass fiber composites is not a dream,but will be realized by the hands of the whole industry.