04 Ink and Adhesive Manufacturing Enterprises Dynamic

In 2004, for traditional inks and adhesives manufacturers, it was extremely difficult to describe the situation with extreme heat and misery. This naturally means that the rise in oil prices led to a significant increase in the prices of its production raw materials. Compared with the same period of 2003 in October 2004, ethyl acetate, adipic acid, and MDl rose by 91%, 32%, and 160%, respectively. The total cost of the mixture rose by more than 6,000 yuan per item on average. With such a large and wide range of raw material prices, adhesives and ink companies are no longer talking about profit, but are discussing how to survive. This price hike has finally made it clear to the industry that the huge price difference between water and ethyl esters has enabled flexible packaging companies to rapidly change and accept and even actively cooperate with the research and application of waterborne and environmentally friendly adhesives. This is also an opportunity for adhesive companies. This price increase shortens the promotion time of water-based environmental protection adhesives. In 2005, it will be a year in which the market for water-based adhesives is truly accepted. This will change the pattern of the Chinese packaging market and enable related companies to develop in the direction of green environmental protection. . The development of water-based adhesives is imminent. Leading domestic adhesive companies such as Beijing Gaomeng will also go deep into this field and compete with international companies such as Rohm and Haas in the field of water-based environmental protection adhesives. Sikhby company's market expansion of water-based ink on cigarette packs was a highlight in 2004. It is worth thinking about ink production companies. However, due to cost and application capabilities, it will not become a mainstream application in China for a long period of time. In addition, in 2004, some ink-producing companies with strong technical capabilities have begun to study polypropylene-polyurethane hybrid polymer technology. This is an improvement in concept. It is of great significance to the balance of performance and price of the original ink, and it is also more significant. More attention has been paid to the development of polymer technology as an opportunity to respond to the low VOC environment of soft packaging inks.