Global antibacterial coatings market maintains growth rate - 9.8%

The outbreak of the New Coronary Pneumonia epidemic has hit the labor-intensive real economy such as catering, movies, tourism, hotels, transportation, and manufacturing, and the paint industry is no exception. However, "Sai Weng lost his horse, knowing it is not a blessing"? Antibacterial and antiviral paints have ushered in a moment of highlights.

Antibacterial and antiviral coatings are a type of functional coatings with antimicrobial, antiviral, air purification, and air refreshing sub-categories. Under the combined effect of demand and environment, there will be a large market.

A research report released by Grand View Research Inc, a well-known US research organization, shows that the global antibacterial coatings market will maintain a compound annual growth rate of 9.8% and is expected to reach 590,000 tons in 2020. According to Graphical research data, it is estimated that the compound annual growth rate for 2018-2024 will be about 12.5%. By the end of 2024, the global antibacterial and antiviral coating market will exceed US$7 billion, and the epidemic in 2020 will once again raise expectations for the antibacterial and antiviral coating market.

According to the data in the "Outline of "Healthy China 2030"", it is expected that the total scale of China's health industry will exceed 8 trillion yuan in 2020 and 16 trillion yuan by 2030. And after the lessons of the 2020 epidemic, people's health awareness has greatly increased, and the total scale of the health industry will grow almost in a blowout in 2020. Many people in and outside the industry believe that antibacterial and antiviral coatings have caught the "glow" of the great health industry. In the post-epidemic era, the market demand for products will certainly increase.

How should we treat antibacterial and antitoxic coatings rationally?

We all know that microorganisms in nature are everywhere, even in homes, there are some "invisible destruction molecules" such as bacteria and mold. Coatings are no exception and will also be attacked by microorganisms. Especially in humid, sultry and other environments, microorganisms will erode the coating surface, grow and reproduce and produce various enzymes, acids and toxins, etc., causing the coating to discolor, mold, and algae, resulting in shedding, destroying the building structure, affecting the building life , Or even affect people's health.

According to HG/T 3950-2007 "Antibacterial Coatings", antibacterial coatings refer to coatings that have been tested by national authorities according to antibacterial standards and meet the testing requirements. At present, China has issued and implemented 7 antibacterial coating standards, including 3 national standards, 1 military Standard, and 2 industry standards. These standards stipulate the anti-microbial, anti-mildew and anti-algae properties of the paint. Obviously, the purpose of antibacterial coating research and development is to protect the building from various microorganisms such as bacteria, mold, and algae, which can effectively inhibit the growth of bacteria on the wall, improve and improve the sanitation of the place.

How to achieve antibacterial and antiviral coatings?

There are many ways to resist microorganisms, and the key ingredients involved include organic compounds such as antibacterial agents and antifungal agents. For example: Zinc Pyrithione, which is one of the best environmentally friendly bactericides at present, utilizes a non-specific sterilization mechanism, is not easy to cause bacterial resistance, and effectively resists 19 common bacteria and molds. If special capsule coating technology is adopted, the loss of antibacterial agent can be avoided, the effect is more durable, and it has a more efficient sterilization ability.

The realization of the antiviral coating function relies on some so-called patented technologies, such as the "silver ion killing mechanism", which destroys the PROTEASE in the cell membrane of microorganisms through the manufacture of redox reactions, and eventually leads to the death of microorganisms to achieve the purpose of bacteriostasis.

Now, in response to the different needs for microbial control in different environments, the market has developed a variety of antibacterial coatings, including antibacterial coatings, antifungal coatings and anti-algae coatings, as well as multi-functional antibacterial anti-mold coatings, anti-mold anti-algal coatings And antibacterial, mildew and anti-algae coatings, virus-killing coatings, etc. Many paint companies have been catching up with each other in the innovative research and development of antibacterial coatings.