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With the continuous rise of international market oil prices, the prices of plastic raw materials are soaring. In the face of suddenly increasing business pressure, what measures can the plastic industry take to effectively resolve cost pressures? Developing and applying plastic modification technology is an effective way to reduce the cost of plastic products, while improving their performance and added value. This is the message conveyed during the 6th Modified Plastics New Technology and New Product (Formula Design and Processing) Promotion Training Class held last week.

Modified plastics is a new material industry that is a key focus of the national "Eleventh Five Year Plan" development. With the continuous progress of modification technology, downstream industries have also raised their requirements for plastic properties. However, currently, the technology of high-performance modified plastics replacing ordinary plastics in China is still relatively backward. Experts and enterprise representatives from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and other units believe that it is necessary to promote modified plastic technology under the current high cost pressure faced by the plastic industry. The plastic industry should take solid steps forward in the field of modified plastics.

Plastic modification is the process of adding relevant modifiers to a large number of general-purpose resins, and improving or increasing their functionality through physical, chemical, or mechanical methods to meet the requirements of special conditions in terms of electrical, magnetic, optical, thermal, aging resistance, flame retardancy, mechanical properties, and other aspects. Modified plastics is a plastic industry field that involves a wide range of aspects, high technological content, and can create significant economic benefits.

Modified plastics undoubtedly have broad prospects. But experts also point out that there are still some problems in this industry in China at present. Plastic manufacturers engage in independent research and development of modified plastics, lacking specialized and highly industrialized modified plastic manufacturers, making it difficult to form modified plastic brands. At the same time, the existing modified plastic products have a single variety and weak market segmentation, and enterprises cannot develop new products in a timely manner according to changes in market demand. In addition, some modified plastic products do not yet have national standards, which also affects the standardized development of the market.