The 25th China Adhesive and Adhesive Tape Industry Annual Conference, a highly anticipated annual event for adhesive and adhesive tape industry, opened in Shangri-La Hotel, Changzhou on September 8th. With the theme of "Accelerating industrial transformation and upgrading, promoting green and low-carbon development", the conference attracted nearly 900 participants from domestic and foreign adhesive, sealant and adhesive tape industry production enterprise representatives, engineers and technicians, raw material suppliers, distributors, equipment manufacturers and experts and scholars from research institutes.

As a small branch industry in the petrochemical industry, adhesive and adhesive tape industry has made great achievements, and plays an important role in the national economic construction and industrial economic development. In 2021, China's adhesive and adhesive tape industry maintained a steady and rapid growth momentum, with the overall sales scale of the industry exceeding 174 billion yuan, achieving a good start of the "14th Five-Year Plan". In the first half of 2022, the development environment at home and abroad faced profound changes, and the international political and economic situation became more complex and grim. Although the domestic economy was affected by factors that exceeded expectations, such as the spread of the epidemic in many parts of the country, the sharp rise in the price of bulk raw materials, and logistics difficulties, the Chinese government effectively coordinated the epidemic prevention and control work, actively responded to various risks and challenges, and made efforts to resolve difficulties, bottlenecks and bottlenecks. In this context, the association specially invited representatives of well-known enterprises at home and abroad and experts and professors from research institutes to bring full dry goods to discuss the new technologies, new hot spots, new trends and new opportunities of the adhesive and adhesive tape industry in our country under the current new situation, so that enterprises in the industry can fully communicate, deeply communicate and learn from each other, and jointly promote the transformation and upgrading and steady development of the industry.

Yang Qiwei, president of China Adhesive and Adhesive Tape Industry Association, delivered a welcome speech to the conference. He said that in the face of the complex economic situation at home and abroad, enterprises in the industry have worked hard to deliver a hard-won report card. This annual conference closely follows the current situation, specially invited heavyweight guests from the global adhesive and adhesive tape industry, arranged a total of 85 special reports, and set up five sub-sessions of "raw material innovation and application, adhesive technology, adhesive application and research, pressure sensitive adhesive and products, market information and intelligent equipment". In view of the adhesive and adhesive tape industry in our country development situation, problems and trends for in-depth analysis and discussion, discuss the challenges and opportunities faced by enterprises, discuss the trend of technological innovation, and seek the road of high-quality development. He hopes that the participants can fully enjoy the adhesive and adhesive tape technology and achievements of the feast, build consensus, unity and cooperation, industrial chain coordinated action, and jointly promote the development and progress of our country's adhesive and adhesive tape industry.

Zhang Feng, deputy to the 13th National People's Congress and honorary chairman of Hubei Huitian New Materials Co., LTD., said in his speech that in the face of severe development situation and macroeconomic downward pressure, more enterprises in the industry feel the cold, but also should see that the state attaches more importance to the development of real enterprises and the national system for research and development, in order to solve the bottleneck problem and domestic substitution as the direction. The future is full of opportunities and challenges. We adhesive industry enterprises should further work together, with a more open attitude, sharing, co-creation, seize the rare opportunity, constantly strengthen scientific and technological innovation, management innovation, talent development and other key elements, through industrial chain cooperation to enhance the value of enterprise competitiveness, jointly promote the industry transformation and upgrading, promote the high-quality development of the industry.

In the morning of the conference, a total of 5 heavyweight reports were arranged, the conference was presided over by Zhao Yonggang, vice president of China Adhesive and Adhesive Tape Industry Association, R&D president of Shanghai Huitian New Material Co., LTD.

Li Jinqi, Vice President of Greater China Sales of Covestro Polymers (China) Co., LTD., shared a keynote speech entitled "Covestro: Creating and Continuing the Future". Starting from the historical development of Covestro, he introduced the R&D progress of Covestro in the Asia Pacific region, as well as Covestro's strategic approach in innovation, scientific research capabilities and efforts in sustainable development. At the same time, he also made a unique analysis of the market opportunities of green environmental protection and sustainable development in China.

Fu Xiangsheng, vice president of China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation, fully affirmed the achievements of our adhesive and adhesive tape industry in 2021, introduced the current situation, achievements and progress of the petrochemical industry, and carefully analyzed the current challenges and bottlenecks. He said that uncertainties in the second half of 2022 and the international environment are becoming more complex, China's economy is resilient, has great potential and is full of vitality, and the fundamentals of long-term positive development have not changed and will not change. The most important thing for the high-quality development of the petrochemical industry is to strengthen, and energy conservation and carbon reduction is the top priority of the current transformation and upgrading of the petrochemical industry. At the same time, he also put high hopes on the development of the adhesive industry, that adhesive enterprises should strengthen the collaborative innovation with downstream customers while doing a good job with universities and raw material enterprises, and according to the characteristics of the adhesive industry for small and medium-sized enterprises, it is suggested that the industry cultivate and create more specialized and new "little giant" enterprises, in order to obtain national policy and financial support.

Yang Xu, secretary general of China Adhesive and Adhesive Tape Industry Association, introduced the market status of China's adhesive and adhesive tape industry, released the latest statistics of various varieties of the industry, systematically sorted out the changes in the policies and environment related to adhesive and adhesive tape, and shared the ten characteristics of the economic operation of the industry since 2021, as well as the eight prospects for the future of the industry.

For the analysis and innovation cases from the perspective of enterprises under the new situation, some outstanding enterprise representatives shared their analysis and solutions. Dr. Zhang Liwei, dean of Research Institute of Shanghai Huitian New Material Co., LTD., analyzed the current challenges in the industry and shared the possible opportunities. He said that as the market for adhesive product quality, performance and environmental protection and energy saving requirements are increasing day by day, the competition is becoming increasingly fierce, low-end adhesive products profit thinning, coupled with raw material prices and other factors, the whole industry is facing the challenge of development. Dr. Zhihua Liu, Director of Research and Development at Dow (Shanghai) Investment Co., LTD., shared Dow Chemical's specific case on sustainable development and contributed to the sustainable development of the adhesives industry by providing more green solutions for manufacturers and the adhesives market through innovation.

On the afternoon of September 8 and the whole day of September 9, the conference will be divided into five sub-sessions: "Adhesive application and research, raw material supply, adhesive technology, pressure sensitive adhesive and products, market information and intelligent equipment". There are also companies from Henkel, H.F. Flok, (H.F.) Beijing Tianshan, Dow Chemical, Sika, Bosigel, Covetron, Mato, BASF, WACKER, Eonik, Xintema, Lord, PICker, Lanxess, Kelant, Zhonghua Trading, Scotebard, Pombette, Huitian New Materials, Gaomeng New Materials, Silicobao Technology, Kangda New Materials, Lushan New Materials, Wanhua Chemical, Jiangsu Jinghong, Shanghai Yongsu, Suzhou Vansett, Zhonglan Chenguang, Sudiao, Hangzhou Zhijiang, Pusaida, Yantai Debang, Yantai Xinyou, Hangzhou Yingchuang, Guangdong Dimei, Guangzhou Siyou, Hubei Huifu, Songchuan Industry, Sunles, Hanarui Chemical, German Nacho, Mettler Toledo, Brook, Nordson, Hanarui, Radio and Television Metering, Wenzhou Keling, Guozhizhueng, Shanghai Micro Spectrum, Shanghai Hengze, Wuxi Love Dewangsi, Guangdong Science and Technology Construction, Wuxi Tianyu, Xuchuan Chemical, Tongbiao Standard, Jiangxi Shengfulai, Wuxi Shijixing, Shanghai Maken, China Automobile Data, Nanjing Forestry University, Institute of Petroleum Chemistry, Heilongjiang Academy of Sciences, Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, Chinese Academy of Forestry, East China University of Science and Technology, Zhejiang Ecological and Environmental Science Design and Research Institute, Toubao Research Institute, Standard & Poor's Global, The TECHNICAL experts FROM well-known enterprises at home and abroad, as well as professors and scholars from scientific research institutes, such as TItian Chemical Network and Research Institute of Beijing Yanshan Petrochemical Company, brought 80 wonderful reports. Delegates can selectively listen to the reports they are interested in and communicate with the speakers according to their personal needs. At the same time, outside the venue, there are also 7 enterprises such as Huitian, BIker, Kostron, Kraton, Nike, Songchuan Industry, BASF and so on present at the peripheral exhibition, which is convenient for customers to further communicate in depth.

The secretariat of the Association hopes that the participants will give more comments and suggestions. We will continue to improve and build a broader, more high-quality and higher quality communication platform for the participants. At the same time, we also hope that you will continue to pay attention to and participate in the activities of the association in 2023.