Chemical fiber is a fiber with textile properties that is made from natural polymer compounds or synthetic polymer compounds as raw materials through the preparation of spinning solution, spinning and post-processing. According to different raw materials, chemical fibers can be divided into man-made fibers and synthetic fibers. Data show that from 2015 to 2019, the total output of my country’s chemical fiber industry increased from 48.3171 million tons to 59.528 million tons, showing an overall upward trend.
Development Difficulties of the Chemical Fiber Industry
1. The overall technical level of the industry needs to be improved
Although my country’s chemical fiber output has accounted for more than the global output 60%, but most of them are conventional products. Although the proportion of differentiated products and industrial products is gradually increasing, compared with developed countries, the overall technology and equipment are still lagging behind, the added value of products is low, the technical content is low, and enterprises invest less in R&D and other problems, the overall innovation consciousness of the enterprise is not strong. At the same time, there is also a big gap in the technical level of my country’s textile machinery and equipment compared with well-known foreign companies, which has a certain impact on the development of our chemical fiber industry.
2. Labor costs are gradually rising
As my country’s demographic dividend gradually disappears, labor costs will show a trend of rising. In particular, employees in front-line positions such as production and equipment operations have long faced difficulties in recruitment and large salary fluctuations. Fluctuations in the salary of production personnel will affect corporate production costs and thus corporate operating performance. With the continuous development of my country’s social and economic level, workers’ expectations for labor income growth continue to increase, and the industry is facing pressure from rising labor costs.
Development prospects of the chemical fiber industry
1. National policies provide strong support
“Thirteenth Five-Year Plan for Scientific and Technological Progress in the Textile Industry” “Outline” lists “high-performance polyester industrial yarn preparation technology”, “nylon 66 fiber large-scale preparation and functional product development” and “PLA fiber” as the “Thirteenth Five-Year Plan” textile industry science and technology research and industrialization projects. The “Thirteenth Five-Year Plan Development Guidance for the Chemical Fiber Industry” proposes to focus on improving the various modification technologies and new product research and development levels of conventional chemical fibers, focusing on improving the flame retardancy, antibacterial, and chemical resistance of conventional fibers such as polyester, nylon, and regenerated cellulose fibers. , UV resistance and other properties, and increase the proportion of functional and differentiated fiber varieties. The continuous introduction of industrial policies has pointed out the general direction of future development for enterprises in the industry, and will also support the better and faster development of my country’s chemical fiber industry.
2. Application fields continue to expand
At present, although the traditional textile industry in major developed countries continues to shrink, the development momentum of industrial textiles is strong. The United States, Japan The processing volume of industrial textiles in countries such as Germany and Germany all accounts for more than 40%, while my country’s textile fiber is still mainly for clothing. In 2019, the fiber processing volume of my country’s industrial textiles accounted for 27.22% of the total processing volume of chemical fiber. There is Large room for growth. In the future, industrial textiles will become a new and powerful growth point for the development of the chemical fiber industry and one of the important symbols for promoting the adjustment, upgrading and improvement of core competitiveness of the industrial structure. According to United Nations forecasts, global textile fiber processing volume will reach 253 million tons by 2050, of which industrial textile fibers will account for 67.4%. </p
