Foreign engineering plastics industry started earlier. In 1931, DuPont Company of United States synthesized PA66 for the first time in laboratory. In 1939, PA66 realized industrialization and was the first industrialized engineering plastic. From 1950 to 1980, it was a period of rapid development of global engineering plastics industry. Bayer of Germany, DuPont of United States, and Qiqi of United States successively developed engineering plastics such as polycarbonate (PC), polyoxymethylene (POM), and polyimide (PI).

1. Analysis of development trend of global and Chinese engineering
plastics industry in 2022
 1. Foreign engineering plastics industry started earlier
Foreign engineering plastics industry started earlier. In 1931, DuPont Company of United States
synthesized PA66 for the first time in laboratory. In 1939, PA66 realized industrialization and was
the first industrialized engineering plastic. From 1950 to 1980, it was a period of rapid
development of global engineering plastics industry. Bayer of Germany, DuPont of United States,
and Qiqi of United States successively developed engineering plastics such as polycarbonate (PC),
polyoxymethylene (POM), and polyimide (PI).
In comparison, my country's engineering plastics started late, but developed rapidly. At present, a
complete industrial chain with related supporting capabilities such as resin synthesis, plastic
modification and alloying, processing and application has been gradually formed. Scale of
industry continues to expand, and exports continue to grow; Scale of enterprise continues to
grow and variety of products continues to increase; level of science and technology is improving
day by day, technology and quality indicators of some products have also approached advanced
foreign level. In recent years, industrialization of PPS, PI, PEEK and other special engineering
plastics and downstream products has accelerated. Small varieties such as polysulfone,
polyarylate, and special polyamide are in the stage of technology development and application
research, and industrialization process is slow.
Chart 1: Development history of global and domestic engineering plastics industry

2.  2. Global engineering plastics companies are located in United
States, Germany and other regions
With the rapid development of automobile, electronics, electrical, communication technology
and machinery industry, demand for engineering plastics with special and excellent properties
such as high strength, heat resistance and flame retardant is rapidly increasing.
At present, production of engineering plastics in highly industrialized countries such as United
States and Germany is far ahead of global level, and it is region with better development of
engineering plastics in the world. World-renowned engineering plastics manufacturers mainly
include DuPont, Dow, BASF, Rhodia, Mitsubishi, Teijin and other companies.
From perspective competition pattern of subdivided products, DuPont is the world's largest
producer of nylon resin, SABIC (after acquisition of GE Plastics Group) is the world's largest
producer of modified PC and PPO; Germany's BASF has strong competitiveness in the field of
automotive engineering plastics.
Chart 2: Layout of companies in engineering plastics industry in major regions of the world
Local distribution Company Name Main products
America Dow chemical Modified nylon, polyester, POM
PoIyOne Modified HIPS, ABS
RTP Conductive plastic, LCP/PPS/PI
Western Europe German BASF PC/ABS, alloy, modified nylon
German BAYER PC/BS, Alloy
Dutch DSM Modified PBT, Nylon, PP

3. German BASELL Automotive PP
Croatia Modified Nylon
Japan and South
Korea
Asahi Kasei Modified PPE, PA, HIPS
Mitsubishi PC/ABS alloy, PP for household
appliances
Toray Modified ABS, AS, PC, PMMA
Teijin PC/ABS alloy
South Korea's Samsung Modified HIPS, ABS, PP
LG Modified ABS, PC, ABS, union, etc.
SK crosslinking PE, breathable membrane material
Kumho Modified HIPS, ABS, ASA
Other areas SABIC PC, PPO, etc.
 3. Domestic engineering plastics enterprises are mainly
foreign-funded and Sino-foreign joint ventures
In recent years, with large-scale and large-scale construction of new engineering plastics plants in
my country, some original small-scale, intermittent, backward process routes and lack of
competition have gradually withdrawn from market.
From perspective of enterprise types, domestic engineering plastics enterprises are mainly
foreign-funded and Sino-foreign joint ventures, followed by state-owned, private and other types
of enterprises. At present, my country's major engineering plastics manufacturers include
Shenma Group, China National Chemical Bluestar Group, Yuntianhua and other large-scale
state-owned enterprises; at the same time, international well-known manufacturers such as
DuPont, Bayer, Teijin, and Mitsubishi have invested in building factories in my country and
expanded their scale, becoming important participants in my country's engineering plastics
enterprises; development of private enterprises such as Xinjiang Lanshan Tunhe, Jiangyin He Shili,
and Sichuan Deyang is also relatively prominent.
Chart 3: Leading engineering plastics enterprises in major domestic regions

4. Variety Production company name
Polyamide (PA) 1) Foreign-funded enterprises: LANXESS, BASF, DSM, etc.
2) Domestic enterprises: China Zhongping Energy Chemical Group, Shenma
Group, Xinhui Meida, Shijiazhuang Zhuangyuan, Yingshan Petrochemical, etc.
Polycarbonate
(PC)
Zhejiang Dafeng Chemical, Covestro, Luxi Chemical, Zhongsha Petrochemical,
etc.
Polyoxymethyle
ne (POM)
1) Foreign-funded enterprises: DuPont, Celanese, Mitsubishi, BASF, Asahi
Kasei, etc.
2) Domestic enterprises: Yuntianhua, Shenhua Ningxia Coal, Kaifeng Longyu,
Yankuang Luhua, Tangshan Zhonghao, Inner Mongolia Tianye, Nantong
Baotailing, Zhangjiagang Asahi Kasei, etc.
PBT 1) Foreign-funded enterprises: Celanese, Tickna, Teijin, Toray, Bayer, etc.
2) Domestic enterprises: Xinjiang Tunhe, Kanghui Petrochemical, Changchun
Chemical, Wuxi Xingsheng, Kaixiang Chemical, Yizheng Chemical Fiber,
Nantong Xingchen, etc.
Polyphenylic
acid (PPO)
1) Foreign-funded enterprises: BASF, Degussa, Asahi Kasei, Mitsubishi, etc.
2) Domestic enterprise: Bluestar Group
Special
Engineering
Plastics
NHU, LLC Xuguang Group, Shenzhen Huicheng, Jiangyin Bosheng New
Material Technology, Pulit
 —Main domestic PA manufacturers include INVISTA, Shenma Group, Jiangsu
Huayang, etc.
From perspective of enterprise competition pattern of subdivided products, global polyamide
engineering plastics manufacturers mainly include INVISTA, Ascend, DuPont, BASF and so on.
From perspective of domestic competition pattern, domestic PA66 manufacturers mainly include
INVISTA, Shenma Group, Jiangsu Huayang, etc. In terms of PA6, main domestic enterprises
include Zhongjin New Materials, Haiyang Chemical Fiber, Luxi Chemical, Xinhui Meida, etc. .
 —Main domestic PC manufacturers include Covestro, Luxi Chemical, Zhejiang
Petrochemical, etc.
At present, PC production technology is controlled by a few large international factories. In recent
years, although domestic manufacturers such as Zhejiang Dafeng Chemical and Luxi Chemical
have successively put into production, there is still a lot of gap between their production
technology and international large factories. Judging from production capacity of major domestic
PC manufacturers, major manufacturers include Covestro, Luxi Chemical, and Zhejiang
Petrochemical.
 — Main domestic producers of POM include Yuntianhua, Yankuang Luhua,
Shenhua Ning Coal, Tianye Chemical, etc.
International POM production is mainly concentrated in developed countries such as United
States, Germany, Japan, and Netherlands. Domestic POM enterprises mainly focus on
introduction of technology. Judging from production capacity of major domestic POM
manufacturers, main manufacturers include Yuntianhua, Shenhua Ningmei, and Tianye Chemical.
 — Main domestic PBT producers are Changchun Chemical, Kanghui
Petrochemical, Wuxi Xingsheng, etc.
Global PBT manufacturers are mainly concentrated in United States, Western Europe, Japan and

5. South Korea. Main manufacturers are Celanese, Ticona, Teijin, Toray, Bayer and so on. Judging
from production capacity of major domestic PBT manufacturers, major manufacturers include
Changchun Chemical, Kanghui Petrochemical, Wuxi Xingsheng, Yizheng Chemical Fiber, Zhejiang
Meiyuan, and Lanshan Tunhe.
 — Main PPO producers are Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, Asahi Kasei,
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical, Nantong Xingchen and Xinbao New Materials
PPO is one of engineering plastics with the highest import dependence in China, and has long
relied on imports for a long time. At present, there are only five companies in the world that truly
master industrial production technology of 10,000-ton PPO, including Saudi Basic Industries
Corporation (SABIC), Japan's Asahi Kasei, Japan's Mitsubishi Gas Chemical, China Bluestar's
Nantong Xingchen Synthetic Materials Co., Ltd. and Xinbao New Materials Co., Ltd.
 — Technical difficulties of industrialization of domestic special engineering
plastics enterprises have yet to be solved.
At present, industrialization of PI, PPA, LCP, PEEK and other varieties has been preliminarily
realized in China, but there is a big gap compared with foreign advanced levels. Industry as a
whole is still in the early stage of development, and there are many difficulties in the process of
industrialization of some technologies. Major global and domestic manufacturers of special
engineering plastics are as follows:
Chart 5: Global and domestic major manufacturers of special engineering plastics
Types of special
engineering materials
Global Representative
Manufacturing Enterprise
Domestic related production
enterprises
Polybenzoyl (PPS ) Clwvnm Philli|is CImuihchI,
Fottron Industries
Deyang Technology, Xinhecheng
Polybasic (PSF) BP, Basf, ICI /
Polyimide (PI) DuPont of United States, Toray of
Japan
Shenzhen Huicheng
Semi-aromatic
polyamide (PPA )
DSM, Kuraray, BASF Kingfa Technology
Liquid Polymer (LCP) Polyplastics, Sumitomo, Toray,
Celanese, Solvay
Water, Kingfa Technology, Pulitzer
Polyetheretherketone
(PEEK )
Victrex, Solvay, Evonik Zhongyan Co., Ltd., Pengfulong New
Materials, Jida Special Plastic
 4. High performance or key research and development direction for
enterprise
In recent years, with continuous technological and product innovation of related companies in
the industry, localization of engineering plastics has accelerated. Under background of
technological research and development of enterprises, accelerated development of engineering
plastics downstream application industries, especially strategic emerging industries, it is expected
that self-sufficiency rate of raw materials and production level of engineering plastics products
will continue to improve. In addition, with improvement of requirements for lightweight, high
strength, high temperature resistance, shock absorption, sealing, etc. in the fields of automobiles,
modern rail transit, aerospace and other fields, high performance may be key research and

6. development direction of enterprises.
Chart 6: Development trend of engineering plastics enterprises in my country
Trend Details
Production level
of engineering
plastics has been
improved
Development of traditional fields such as automobiles, electronics, and
strategic emerging industries such as 5G and new infrastructure provides
broad development prospects for engineering plastics industry. In addition,
penetration rate of my country's special engineering plastics in engineering
residues is only 1/5 of that of developed countries, and there is a large room
for improvement. Growth in demand will drive enterprises to carry out
technological research and development and expand production capacity. It
is expected that in the context of technological breakthroughs, production
level of enterprises will be further improved.
Increased raw
material
self-sufficiency
In recent years, with improvement of raw material production technology of
engineering plastics enterprises, self-sufficiency rate of raw materials has
increased accordingly. At present, there are still bottlenecks in the field of
supporting raw materials in my country. Under background of accelerating
industrialization of blank products, enterprises are expected to break
through bottleneck in the supply of upstream key supporting raw materials,
improve self-sufficiency rate of raw materials, and improve industry hoops
Focusing on high
performance of
T-process plastics
as research and
development
direction
Automobiles, modern rail transit, aerospace and other fields have high
requirements for lightweight, high strength, high temperature resistance,
shock absorption, sealing, etc. Alloying and modification can improve cost
performance of engineering plastic products. It is expected that enterprises
will focus on research and development one of directions.