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Monitoring data shows that the current production capacity expansion and market delivery of monomer manufacturers are relatively slow, and the shortage of supply will continue at least until the first half of 2022. As the epidemic situation and international uncertainties still exist, it is expected that prices may continue to rise in the third and fourth quarters. It is expected that the production capacity of related technology nodes (products) in some market segments will become increasingly tight, and the price of functional silicone products will remain stable or continue to grow.   The forecasted performance recently released by the two major monomer companies this week was clearly beyond expectations, reflecting the high boom in the upstream manufacturing sector, with both volume and price rising. However, the CEO of a monomer company said yesterday that “the sales revenue in the third quarter is expected to grow by about 3% quarter-on-quarter. Due to the slowdown in the price increase trend of basic raw materials and the lack of new production capacity in the second half of the year, the company’s revenue cannot continue to grow substantially.” Directly poured cold water on the market.   The silicone sector continued to fluctuate at a high level this week, with individual stocks moving fast and making money more effective.

Global Silicone Network News: Shipping costs have risen sharply, and the export of monomer companies has been under pressure. Exports have reached the limit, and there is not much room for further upwards.   Affected by the epidemic, container freight rates have continued to rise in the past year. Recently, the rapid increase in dry bulk freight has caused concern. According to S&P Global Platts data, the freight for a 40-foot standard container from China to the West Coast of the United States is currently about US$7,400, which is almost five times that of last April.   On August 2, the share price of silicone-related stock Xin'an soared by 7.41%, and participants were profitable.

Silicone rubber products are widely used in people's daily lives with their unique performance characteristics.   As one of the most common means of transportation, although automobiles are mainly composed of sheet metal parts, they also need to use a large number of silicone rubber products to provide the necessary functions for their various components.   The role of silicone rubber products in automobiles is mainly dustproof, shockproof, waterproof, etc., providing a reliable guarantee for the service life and stability of various parts.   Silicone rubber products are mainly used in the next few parts of the automobile： 1. Car engine parts Turbocharger hose, oil filter check valve, seal ring, O-ring, cooler seal ring, seal, damping ring, strip seal, engine support, engine cylinder head seal.     2. Car body parts Exhaust pipe suspension, shock and noise reduction components, dust cover, dust cover, wiper, diaphragm, lamp seal, airbag.     3. Automobile gearbox part Adhesive connectors, sealing rings.       4. Electronic and electrical parts Igniter, spark plug sheath, button, ABS control system, ignition control system, sensor, wire speed seal.      

South Korea's LG Chem will invest 6 trillion won (approximately US$5.2 billion) in battery material research and development, production increase investment, and mergers and acquisitions in the next five years. It will independently develop battery cathode materials, separation membranes, adhesives and other businesses to respond to the rapid growth in demand for automotive batteries. LG Chem will build a lithium metal oxide cathode material plant in Korea in 2021. In addition to the 60,000-ton capacity of the new plant, it also plans to build new plants in Europe and the United States within a few years. By 2026, the production capacity of cathode materials will be increased to 7 times of 2020, reaching 260,000 tons. LG Chem is also considering mergers and acquisitions in the field of battery materials. Will obtain the rights and interests of lithium mines, etc.

Liquid silicone is a kind of non-toxic, heat-resistant, high-resilience flexible thermosetting material. Compared with solid high-temperature vulcanized silicone rubber, it is a liquid glue, which has good fluidity, fast vulcanization, safer and more environmentally friendly, and can fully meet food requirements. In addition to these requirements, liquid silicone products have good softness, and the hardness can reach 10-40 shore A. Because of its soft characteristics, it is widely used in artificial human organs, medical silicone chest pads, and so on.     LSR is a two-liquid rapid vulcanization material with platinum as a catalyst. It can be produced by injection molding, mass, rapid vulcanization, and repetitive mechanical production. Its products have good thermal stability, cold resistance, and excellent electrical insulation properties. It does not produce toxic substances during combustion. However, due to the high expansion coefficient of LSR, it expands when heated, but shrinks slightly when cooled. Therefore, the parts cannot maintain accurate side margins in the mold due to silicone rubber. It has significant thermal expansion characteristics, the shrinkage rate is 2 to 4% (vulcanization temperature is 150 ℃), and silicone rubber has the characteristics of compression deformation.   In addition, the cured LSR is easy to stick to the metal surface. Commonly used demoulding techniques include ejector pin ejection and air ejection. Liquid silicone is divided into A glue and B glue, and the ratio of the two is 1:1 with a quantitative device. , After injecting the injection tube, the injection molding is carried out. The liquid silicone is injected into the hot runner mold to make silicone products, which can achieve the advantages of one-time molding, no waste, and automation.

Global Silicone Network News: Similar to Eastman, Dow has also issued a series of price increase letters recently, announcing that the company's alcohol ether solvents, propylene glycol series and other products have increased their prices by up to 0.1 US dollars per pound (approximately RMB 1,419 per ton).

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it is suing Broadcom for illegally monopolizing the semiconductor component market and will initiate a public comment process. The FTC stated that Broadcom is suspected of illegally monopolizing the semiconductor component market that provides TV and broadband Internet services "through exclusive transactions and related activities." As one of the few suppliers of various semiconductor components, Broadcom has signed long-term agreements with original equipment manufacturers and service providers to prevent these customers from buying chips from Broadcom's competitors, thereby illegally maintaining its power in the three monopolistic markets.

Silicone buttons are one of the most commonly used silicone products in our daily life. Silicone buttons are used on various remote control control panels. Silicone keys can be used for 3-5 years under normal conditions and withstand hundreds of thousands of hits. But the reason why we had to replace the silicone keys is that the characters on the surface are worn out and become very unclear, which brings trouble to our normal use. Today we will introduce some methods to protect the characters on the surface of the silicone keys.   Conventional silicone button printing surface characters use screen printing technology, which can cover ink on the surface to print all kinds of characters in various colors to achieve the printing effect. Silk-screened products are beautiful and inexpensive, but they are widely used, but there is an obvious disadvantage, that is, the characters are easily worn out and become very unclear after long-term use, which affects normal use.   In order to prevent the characters from being worn out, silicone manufacturers generally use PU ink and glue technology to protect the characters and prolong their service life.   1. The surface of the keys is sprayed with PU ink After the silicone button screen printing is completed, a layer of PU ink is sprayed on its surface to form a protective layer. The protective layer can effectively protect the characters and prolong their service life. In addition to protecting the characters, PU ink can also greatly improve the hand feel and bring a more comfortable use experience, so it is also called hand-feel oil. 2. Epoxy resin dispensing process After the characters are screen printed on the keys, drop high-purity epoxy resin on the surface of the silica gel keys and leave it for a period of time to form a crystal block effect. The characters protected by the resin are almost unlikely to be worn off, and the resin also prevents the surface from being dirty. For beautiful. However, the process is complicated and costly, and it is mostly used for industrial button buttons, which can effectively avoid the erosion of sweat stains and the abrasion caused by high-frequency use.  

Global Silicone Network News: CoatOSil MP 200 is a water-based silane product launched by Momentive. It is an oligomer with epoxy functional groups. The organic group in its structure-epoxy group-is versatile and can be different from many others. The organic functional group reacts; the oligomer also has a hydrolysis group, which can be firmly combined with the inorganic substrate. CoatOSil MP 200 can be used as a solvent-based system or as an aqueous system. Its biggest advantage is that it has greatly improved hydrolytic stability than traditional monomeric silanes. ​   CoatOSil MP 200 has been widely used in coatings, adhesives and sealant formulations, including decorative paints and protective coatings, wood paint, heavy-duty coatings, metal protection and anti-corrosion primers, printing inks, screen printing inks, tile adhesives and Sealant. As a performance aid, CoatOSil MP 200 can obviously paint film properties. The addition of as low as 0.1%wt (weight percentage) can help improve dry and wet adhesion, improve the corrosion resistance of coatings, adhesives and sealant formulations, and improve mechanical properties.

Laser carving is a process for the surface treatment of silicone keys. It is similar to screen printing, in which words or pictures are printed on the product. The natural price will be different if the process is different.         Generally speaking, the cost of laser engraving is higher than that of ordinary screen printing and pad printing. Laser engraving is also called laser engraving, which is a process that uses optical principles for surface treatment. In the era when touch-screen smart phones have not yet spread, around 2013, many silicone button phones and buttons on electronic dictionaries were laser-engraved. For example, a sprayed laser-engraved silicone button on the picture, this button has words on it. The colors of the words are red, green, yellow and purple. The key body is black. When laser engraving, you must first spray oil, red, green, yellow and purple. The corresponding colors are sprayed on each, and the colors cannot be cross-colored.   In this way, there are red, green, yellow and purple keys, and then a layer of black is sprayed on the whole, so that a whole piece of black keys, red, green, yellow and purple silicone keys are all wrapped underneath.   The pressing force is about 50-80g, which is generally suitable for the silicone buttons of computer keyboards and calculators. The pressing force of this scale is not high, relatively low, and it is very simple to press. The silicone buttons used are often clicked for suitable needs. The pressing force is about 80-120g, generally suitable for electrical buttons and remote control buttons. The pressing force is suitable, the hand feels comfortable, and the resilience is good.   The pressing force of the silicone button is 120-180g, which is generally suitable for influencing equipment, industrial instruments, and mechanical remote control. Compared with the second type, the pressing force is much larger. It is generally suitable for larger silicone buttons with superior resilience. However, in products that are not suitable for frequent clicks, the pressing force is more than 180g. Generally, this kind of pressing pressure silicone button is relatively rare, and is suitable for special occupations, such as medical, aviation and other occupations. It is more acidic to use your fingers frequently for short periods of time.