Bead foam materials have a wide range of applications and market demand is constantly being released.

Bead foam material is a foam material prepared by bead foam molding method. There are many types of bead foam materials and product quality levels are uneven. In order to promote the long-term sustainable development of the industry, market supervision of bead foam materials needs to be strengthened. In the future, as relevant standards are improved, the bead foam materials industry will continue to develop. Upgrade in the direction of new type, standardization and environmental protection.

Bead foam materials have properties such as light weight, heat insulation, sound insulation, and earthquake resistance. Bead foam materials can be formed into foam products with relatively complex shapes and are widely used in automobiles, electronics, aerospace, bioengineering, instrumentation, and medical care. Equipment, building materials, daily necessities and other fields. In recent years, as relevant research continues to deepen, new bead foam materials have emerged one after another. At the same time, with the advancement of foaming technology, the performance of bead foam materials has also been increasingly improved, especially low-density bead foam materials.

According to the “2021-2025 China Bead Foam Materials Industry Market Monitoring and Future Development Prospects Research Report released by the Industrial Research Center 》 shows that in the global market, bead foam material manufacturers mainly include BASF, Huntsman, Bayer, Arex, Japan Co., Ltd. JSP, etc. Compared with European and American countries, the research on bead foam materials in my country started relatively late. At this stage, domestic bead foam material-related companies include Maoming Petrochemical, Tiansheng New Materials, Sanhe Plastic, Wuxi Huitong, CGN Jun’er, Shandong Haozhi et al.

There are many types of bead foam materials. Depending on whether they are crystallized, bead foam materials can be divided into semi-crystalline bead foam materials and amorphous bead foam materials. Semi-crystalline bead foam materials have good mechanical properties. Performance and thermal stability, common products include polylactic acid foam beads, TPU foam beads, polyethylene foam beads (EPE), polypropylene foam beads (EPP), etc.; amorphous bead foam materials The texture is soft, and common products include polyurethane (PU) foam beads, polystyrene foam beads (EPS), etc.

In recent years, with the continuous growth of my country’s economy, the market demand for bead foam materials in my country has increased, and the industry has developed rapidly. EPP is a bead foaming material that has attracted much attention in the market. Compared with EPS, EPP has better dimensional stability and high temperature resistance, and it has the potential to replace EPS. In recent years, thanks to the release of market demand, global EPP production capacity has continued to grow, currently reaching 160,000 tons/year. EPP production barriers are high. Currently, there are few domestic companies that can produce EPP on a large scale, including Suzhou Delong and Wuxi Huitong and other enterprises.

Industry analysts said that there are many types of bead foaming materials and a wide range of downstream applications. In recent years, with the growth of my country’s economy , the market demand for bead foam materials is gradually released. After years of development and accumulation, the scale of my country’s bead foam material industry has continued to expand. However, due to technical limitations, the current production scale of my country’s high-end bead foam materials is still small. In the future, domestic enterprises will still need to increase product and technology research and development to compete for high-end products. Bead foam material market share.