2nd Polycarbonate Technology and Market Symposium 2017

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Background of the conference: Polycarbonate (PC) is a thermoplastic engineering plastic with excellent comprehensive properties. It is widely used in fields such as electronics and electrical equipment, sheet materials and containers, the automotive industry, medical devices, and protective gear, and it is also rapidly being applied in emerging areas such as aerospace, optical components, and optoelectronic information technologies. China has the fastest-growing demand for polycarbonate, with a growth rate of 8%-12% per year. In 2016, China’s apparent consumption of polycarbonate was approximately 1.7 million tons. Although China’s polycarbonate production capacity is nearly 900,000 tons per year, with output of around 600,000 tons, the net import volume is close to 1.1 million tons, resulting in a self-sufficiency rate of less than 40%. **The development of domestic alternatives to polycarbonate imports is being encouraged; the successive commissioning of the polycarbonate production projects by Zhejiang Tie Da Feng and Luxi Chemical has broken the monopoly held by foreign industry giants. In the coming years, China’s polycarbonate production capacity is set to increase significantly. Covestro plans to increase its polycarbonate production capacity in Shanghai to 600,000 tons per year, while SABIC and Sinopec will jointly build a polycarbonate plant in Tianjin with a capacity of 260,000 tons per year. Several domestic companies, including Yantai Wanhua, Lihua Yi Group, Yangquan Coal and Chemical Industry, Luzhou Tianhua Zhonglan New Materials, Luxi Chemical, and Zhejiang Petrochemical, are also building or planning polycarbonate production projects. What is the future outlook for the polycarbonate market? Has there been a revolutionary change in production technology? What are the market and supply prospects for upstream raw materials such as bisphenol A? How should new downstream application areas and high-value-added products be developed? How should domestic and international enterprises survive and develop in a competitive environment driven by incentives? The 2nd Polycarbonate Technology and Market Symposium, organized by Yahuazheng Consulting, will be held in Qingdao on July 25, 2017. The conference will discuss the trends in the engineering plastics industry during the 13th Five-Year Plan period ； Global and Chinese polycarbonate market demand outlook ； Advances in Polycarbonate Production Technology and Prospects for Industrial Application ； China’s polycarbonate production capacity expansion plan and economic feasibility analysis of new projects ； Development of high-value-added polycarbonate products and new application areas ； Market and supply outlook for the raw material bisphenol A ； Environmental issues in polycarbonate production and application, etc. Conference Topics: 1. Trends in the engineering plastics industry during the 13th Five-Year Plan period 2. Outlook on global and Chinese demand for polycarbonate 3. Plans for expanding polycarbonate production capacity in China 4. Comparison of the technical and economic aspects of different polycarbonate production methods 5. Investment planning, process selection, and economic analysis for new polycarbonate production projects 6. Innovations in polycarbonate production technology and prospects for their commercial application 7. Market and supply outlook for the raw material bisphenol A 8. Development of polycarbonate products and related challenges in the context of vehicle lightweighting trends 9. Development of high-value-added polycarbonate products and new application areas 10. High-end and specialized modified polycarbonates and plastic alloys 11. Environmental issues related to polycarbonate production and use. Contact person: Yaha Consulting, Zhang Siying; Phone: 021-50329699-126; QQ: 329997922; Email: Karen@chemweekly.com