TAGS: Natural-based Adhesives
The 22nd China Adhesives and Tapes Industry Annual Conference (CATIA), was officially opened on 16 September at the Shanghai Longemont Hotel.
The event was focused on domestic and foreign adhesives, sealants and adhesive tapes.
Green & Innovation: Promoting High-quality Development of the Industry
The theme of the event was “Green and innovation: promoting high-quality development of the industry”.
Experts and professors from well-known domestic and foreign enterprises to addressed the current and future state of the industry.
The “green” innovation development theme is the forefront of industry technology, with the purpose of exploring new hotspots and the latest trends in the research community to form synergies and to promote high-quality development of the industry.
Zhang Zhenyou, Chairman of the China Adhesives and Tape Industry Association (CATIA), delivered the opening speech. He said that China's adhesives and adhesive tapes industry has maintained steady growth momentum in the past year.
VOC governance and chemical enterprises have continuously strengthened their efforts in the environmental sphere by:
- Accelerating the structural adjustment of the design and production of adhesives and adhesive tapes.
- Modifying water-based and new hot melt adhesive products
Dr. Christoph Riemer, Global Vice President of Chemical and Industrial Polymers at WACKER, delivered a green-future keynote speech titled “Adhesives”.
From the perspective of multinational corporations, he analysed environmental issues, drawing upon WACKER's specific philosophies and practices in green innovation.
Adhesive and Adhesive Tapes Industry – China 2017-2018
Yang Hao, Vice Chairman and Secretary General of CATIA, talked about the current status and development trends of the adhesives and adhesive tapes industry in China.
He said that in 2018, China's total adhesives industry output was about 6.31 million tons, with sales of 91.3 billion yuan, up 6.9% and 8.7% respectively since 2017.
The sales volume of adhesive tape was 25.4 billion square meters, with sales of 43.1 billion yuan. They increased by 8.3% and 6.8% respectively compared with 2017.
Mr. Yang analyzed the reasons for the increase and decrease of various types of rubber regarding import and export, raw materials and application fields, and he described the impact of relevant standards, policies and regulations in the industry in the past year.
His report also analyzed industry development trends, remaining optimistic about continued growth. Participants greatly benefited from this market data and analysis.
Developments in Adhesive Tape Industry in Europe
President of the European Adhesive Tape Association (Afera) Dr. Evert Smit, head of R&D at the German-based tape-maker Lohmann GmbH & Co KG, shared developments and breakthroughs in European tape technology, focusing on structural adhesive tape, which included:
- Chemical reactions involved
- Forward-looking introduction to the high-end adhesive tape market
Sustainable Materials Developments
Zhong Xiaobin, Senior Vice President of Asia Pacific at Covestro (Shanghai) Management Co., Ltd. described how Covestro is inspired by sustainable development and continues to innovate in various fields, such as:
- Renewable energy
- Alternative raw materials
- Alternative energy
- Sports & leisure
- Automotive
- Upholstered furniture
- 3D adsorption
- Flexible packaging
Trends in Automotive Industry
Dr. Qu Jun, chief scientist at Sika Technology Co., Ltd., talked on the current status and development of the trend toward automotive lightweighting and electrification.
He provided a market overview of technological development in industrial and passenger vehicles, detailing the challenges and opportunities for bonding in the automotive industry.
CATIA’s 2020 industry conference will be held again in Shanghai in September 2020.
Source: Afera