With a pen in hand, a mobiles phones in hand, a car to drive, a house to live in... the paint industry permeates every aspect of economic development and daily life. The future development of the paint industry is undoubtedly closely related to the healthy development of regional economy and terminal markets.

At present, traditional solvent based coatings occupy the vast majority of the market share, and the trend of water-based industrial paint is determined! "Yu Guo, a member of the National Water based Industrial Paint Coating Committee with 10 years of experience in chemical production, confidently stated that water-based paint, as a new high-tech product, is a product that replaces or overturns traditional solvent based paints. The water-based paint is disrupting a huge market with an annual trading volume of 400 billion yuan. Its market prospects are definitely enormous

Organic food in the paint industry

A high-tech entrepreneurial team settled in Ningbo National High tech Zone (New Materials Science and Technology City) is trying this "subversion".

The team's goal is very clear - to develop a safe, environmentally friendly, and pollution-free coating material and formula, reduce the harm and pollution caused by organic solvents to the environment, ensure the health of operators, reduce the production cost of coatings, facilitate factory safety measures and transportation, and also facilitate tool cleaning.

"What we do is not paint, but the core raw materials of paint, just like a company that focuses on the production of computer CPUs but does not produce computers." Whenever it comes to the company's research and development projects, Yu Guo, chairman of Changmu (Ningbo) New Material Technology Co., Ltd., always likes to take the example of pork, "We sell meat, and through the cultivation and inspection of high-quality food materials, we can ensure the health, safety and taste of meat from the source! But as for whether you do fried meat or Braised pork belly, how to prepare dishes and how to cook depends on the needs and preferences of diners."

The company produces water-based polyurethane modified alkyd resin, water-based epoxy resin and other water-based resins, as well as water-based leveling agents, water-based dispersants and other water-based additives. In short, developing high-performance air drying self crosslinking water-based resins - water+vegetable oil=bio based environmentally friendly water-based coatings - can be regarded as the "organic food" in the paint industry, truly achieving non-toxic and harmless paint.

Coatings are important functional materials in the national economy. In traditional solvent based coatings, the proportion of organic solvents is generally as high as 60% or more. These organic solvents can evaporate at room temperature and pressure and are not easy to recover. They can easily cause fires, explosions, and are toxic to employees in the workshop; Its volatile volatile organic compounds (VOCs) have become the second source of air pollution. Water based coatings, which replace organic solvents with water, have received increasing attention in the past decade and their application areas are constantly expanding. Water based resin, as the film-forming substance of water-based coatings and a new type of resin system as a dispersing medium, is the most important component of water-based coatings.

As the core raw material of water-based coatings, water-based resins are used in domestic architectural coatings; Wood, automotive, industrial anti-corrosion and other industrial coatings have very good market prospects. Waterborne resin has high requirements for its comprehensive performance (such as appearance index, mechanical performance, anti-corrosion performance, weather resistance, construction compatibility, etc.). At present, there are many domestic varieties, such as waterborne polyurethane, waterborne epoxy ester, polyurethane and acrylic acid composite lotion acrylic acid lotion. "However, there are few enterprises producing waterborne resin on a large scale, and the corresponding process formulation technology is still firmly monopolized by foreign enterprises." Yu Guo said.

A vast market worth billions of dollars may be disrupted

After the implementation of the project, water-based coatings can completely replace the use of traditional solvent based series paints. And it can reduce users' usage costs by more than 20%. If all traditional solvent based paints in the country are replaced by water-based paints, it can save more than 80 billion yuan in usage costs for users nationwide in one year.

Yu Guo believes that relying on this project can promote the research and development of water-based coatings and water-based resins, establish a national water-based coating resin engineering center, and fill the gap in the national engineering center for this type of product; After the implementation of the project, the company will become the largest producer of water-based industrial paint and water-based resin in China, driving a large number of industries across the country to shift towards green and environmentally friendly coating.

According to statistics from the National Bureau of Statistics and the China Coatings Industry Association, the total production of coatings in China increased from 2.98 million tons in 2004 to 18 million tons in 2015; The global paint market transaction volume reached 130 billion US dollars in 2014; In 2014, the market transaction volume of China's industrial coatings reached 400 billion yuan; China's water-based industrial coatings have broad prospects and are expected to fully replace traditional industrial paints between 2017 and 2020.

Leading the discourse power in the water-based paint industry

At the 3rd Global New Materials Industry Competition in Ningbo, China, which ended in September 2016, the project "Research and Sales of Air drying Self crosslinking Water based Resin" won the special prize. Some judges believe that if the project can be successfully launched, it will disrupt the traditional paint market. If all types of paints in the country are replaced by water-based paints, it will completely overturn the existing 800 billion yuan paint market capacity.

As a result, the company received angel investment of 6 million yuan in financing. Founder Yu Guo revealed that this is the first "huge" investment received by the team after registering with an initial investment of 2 million yuan. This brings us great confidence

Changmu (Ningbo) New Material Technology Co., Ltd. is a very young enterprise established in July 2016. Master's, doctoral, postdoctoral, professor and other professionals in the entrepreneurial team will form an entrepreneurial team led by Professor Cui Wenguo, introduce overseas personnel as the core technology of the team, and establish a 5-person entrepreneurial team.

Yu Guo is a member of the National Coatings and Pigments Standardization Committee and the drafter of three national industry standards. At present, Changmu (Ningbo) New Material Technology Co., Ltd. is a member of the National Coatings and Pigments Standardization Committee and the National Waterborne Industrial Coating Committee. It has participated in the development of green and environmentally friendly coating process guidance for the national steel structure industry and automotive industry.

So in the process of promoting water-based paint, which involves customer bidding and confirmation of product technical quality standards, the company has absolute say and occupies a favorable high ground in the market promotion and product positioning of water-based paint products, "said Yu Guo.

How should the ratio of the original solution be matched? "" In terms of drying technology, which solution is better, oven baking or room temperature self drying? "In Guo's office, two technicians from Ningbo Beifa Company, who make" China's Good Pen, "are discussing with him the production formula and process for painting the pen holder.

Yu Guo said that the mature industrial chain in the local area is an important consideration for the development of enterprise settlement. The strong foundation of the new materials industry in Ningbo and the superior entrepreneurial environment of the National High tech Zone (New Materials Science and Technology City) are important reasons for attracting entrepreneurial teams to settle in Ningbo