Leading masterbatch producers in China

The masterbatch market in China is one of the fastest growing and most dynamic in the world. Its rate of advance has enjoyed strong double-digit growth over recent years and despite the impact of the global recession the market continues to advance at around 8%/year in volume terms. As a result a thriving business has developed to serve China's plastics processing industry involving a wide variety of companies from those that remain under state control to major international groups. A new report from Applied Market Information Ltd. (AMI) estimates that there are at least 500 companies producing masterbatc in China. AMI's report on the leading 50 companies in China reveals they accounted for approximately 50% of production in 2008. AMI's research has revealed that in volume terms the largest is Cabot Plastics, which has a long established black masterbatch plant in Hong Kong and is supplying product throughout Asia. However, black is more of a commodity product and in value terms the leading producer is Ngai Hing Hong, which supplies a full range of colour, black, white and additive varieties. Although Ngai Hing Hong is an important supplier of colour masterbatch companies such Yangxi Huaqiang Color Masterbatch Factory, Guandong Charming Company, PolyOne and Clariant are the largest in terms of their production in China. The leading white masterbatch producer is Meilian Chemical based in Guandong which is mainly supplying to the blow moulding industry, while A Schulman is China's largest producer of additive masterbatch. While there is a clear trend to make greater use of masterbatch, many Chinese processors continue to use dry blends and pigments in significant quantities, especially in sectors where issues of quality or consistency may not be of a major concern. The switch to masterbatch is often hard to achieve in the face of the cost-effectiveness and simplicity of these traditional colouring practices. Increasingly though as standards, quality and colour matching requirements improve so companies are expected to make greater use of masterbatch. Many of the leading producers are developing networks of plants in order to serve the total market.Air Jordan 12 Low