The development trend of chemical industry

The second is to maintain technology leadership and full chain service strategy. Dow Chemical, ExxonMobil, BASF, Mitsubishi Chemical can continue to strengthen research and development innovation in their own areas of advantage, form representative technologies with international competitiveness, and maintain a leading position in the world. Through the establishment of the polyolefin business packaging master network, polyurethane business comfort science and technology laboratory and automotive materials business platform, Dow Chemical works closely with scientists, brands, processors and packaging designers around the world to link the entire packaging value chain, providing customers with a total solution from product production, processing and application to technical services.

The third is to pay attention to the full series of products, branding. Major companies generally attach importance to the development of new materials with different properties and uses, form a rich portfolio of differentiated products, build product brands, and constantly expand market share. Basf brings together more than 400 of its polyamide products (nylon) in Ultramid? Under the brand, we can provide users with a full range of nylon resin and its modified products, and become the main supplier of high-end nylon products in the world. The company is dedicated to tailor-made system solutions or functional materials for users and brings more than 300 new products to market each year.

Fourth, the industrial chain collaborative innovation strategy. Major international companies attach great importance to the collaborative innovation of the whole industry chain from raw material production, material synthesis to downstream processing applications. Exxonmobil has increased investment in upstream oil and gas extraction, downstream refining and chemical integration research and development, using downstream research and development technology and products to feed upstream, providing new materials for upstream in hydrogen fuel cells, lithium batteries and carbon capture, and promoting upstream carbon reduction. At the same time, a goal-oriented classification research and development system has been established to expand new material varieties through technology research and development, and expand the market through application development and technical services.

Fifth, the strategy of integration, collaboration and digital transformation. Through the high integration of raw materials, plants, energy and materials, logistics and on-site infrastructure, BASF achieves self-sufficiency in raw materials for the production of new chemical materials, energy saving and consumption reduction, reducing emissions and logistics costs. Facing the forefront of new materials industry disciplines, Dow Chemical focuses on the transformation to digital intelligence, and applies machine learning, material genetic engineering, artificial intelligence and other applications to the biological development and production of new materials to improve research and development efficiency.

Sixth, open cooperation and innovative business model strategy. The company attaches great importance to the strategic cooperation with universities, professional research institutions, peer companies and industry giants, the establishment of interdisciplinary research and development system, especially in the basic research of new materials to strengthen cooperation with universities. Exxonmobil, for example, has test sites and laboratories in several countries around the world and works with more than 80 universities to commercialize scientific research. At the same time, all companies attach great importance to business model innovation, strengthen the venture capital system and technology incubation. For example, two subsidiaries, BASF New Industries and BASF Ventures, specialize in venture capital and technology incubation, supporting start-ups and developing attractive markets and new business models for BASF.

Seventh, business optimization and reorganization strategy. Strengthening business optimization and restructuring is a common practice of large international companies, among which the business restructuring of Dow and DuPont has been widely concerned. The two companies merged in 2017 and split into three separate publicly traded companies focused on agriculture, materials science and specialty chemicals. Through resource integration and synergies, the industrial and capital structure has been optimized, expenditure has been reduced, and innovation capabilities and market development capabilities have been improved.

5, the development prospects of new chemical materials

At present, the overall development level of new chemical materials in China still has a certain gap with developed countries such as Europe, the United States and Japan. There are problems such as unreasonable industrial structure, insufficient research and development and innovation in the industry, low coordination degree of the overall industrial chain, and lack of high-tech high-level talents, which directly or indirectly lead to low self-sufficiency rate in some fields, and high-end technology research and development has become the key to restricting the development of new chemical materials in China. It is necessary to deploy the innovation chain around the key links of the industrial chain, cultivate the main enterprises of the industrial chain, increase the training of domestic chemical new material talents, and form a sustainable talent supply model, in order to improve the international competitiveness of domestic chemical new materials with long industrial chain and high technical barriers, get rid of international dependence, and promote the improvement of industry efficiency.