The glass outer sunscreen and heat insulation coating developed by Wu Limin's research group at the Department of Materials Science at Fudan University was recently displayed on the "Shanghai Eco-home" in the Expo Park and has been used on some Shanghai buses. It is said that this new product It also forced a Japanese company that also produces glass thermal insulation coatings to completely withdraw from the Chinese market.
However, Professor Wu Limin had something to say for "rejoiced": Their new technology was almost the same as other coating technologies, "exporting to domestic sales."
Innovative technology, domestic companies are not interested
Last year, after the successful development of the glass outer sunscreen insulation coating, Wu Limin immediately found a well-known domestic paint company, hoping to achieve cooperation in industrialization. The other party's response was: "This product is too new! Our products are very profitable. It's too late to produce, how can we have the time and energy to do your new product?†The company then took out a paint that was imported from abroad and started selling in the domestic market, demanding Wu Limin: “We are copying it, but technical indicators You haven't reached the standard of imported goods. You still can help solve this problem."
Since then, Wu Limin has been looking for several domestic companies and the answers are: "Good is good, it is too new, so after the market has to say it again." At this time, there are foreign-funded enterprises to find out and discuss cooperation with Wu Limin. , Want to buy this technology, and its own product technology integration. Fortunately, the outer layer of glass sunscreen insulation is finally an investment company in a timely manner, this has a large-scale marketing today.
Professor Wu said that it was not the first time that they had encountered such a situation: “Every time new results are made, our first thoughts are always large domestic companies. Unfortunately, every contact has always failed, because The interest of both parties has always been 'not good' - companies want us to help solve the technical problems of 'existing products', or are currently producing, or have shown good momentum in the market, they intend to copy. For the development of a A whole new technology and products, domestic companies have little interest."
On the contrary, foreign-funded enterprises are particularly interested in original technology. When their plastic surface wear-resistant coating technology was available, a German chemical company came to the door and demanded cooperation because it was determined that “these products definitely have a market in the futureâ€; the resin coating is water-based. The same is true of technology, Wu Limin said: "Now all internationally renowned chemical companies are researching this technology, but unfortunately domestic companies are not interested. We can only cooperate with foreign companies eventually." The reporter learned that the top 10 chemicals in the world are now Coating companies have already conducted technical cooperation with Wu Limin's research group. The research and development directions are basically aimed at the future market.
"Low input, low technology, low profit" is hard to solve
Speaking of coatings, most people think of only architectural coatings. In fact, small cell phone housings, toys, large cars, space shuttles, are inseparable from coatings. The functions of paints are varied, and there is protection against the surface of objects. , it can purify the air...
China's paint market last year had more than 200 billion yuan in sales per year, which is rising every year. Correspondingly, there are more than 10,000 paint companies in China. Although concentrated in the low-end market, the domestic market is huge. Their life is still good.
What is worrying is that high-margin products are almost never owned by domestic companies. iPhone shell coatings, car paints for cars, and even high-grade paints for toys are either imported or produced using imported technology. At 200 billion yuan****** In the paint market, foreign companies accounted for more than 60% of the total, while in the high-end products sector, the share was more than 90%. Henkel, Bayer, BASF, and other global top 10 chemical coating companies have set up Asian R&D centers in Shanghai. Even during the global financial crisis, these companies can maintain a 30% growth rate in the Chinese market.
“Not only the current high-end coating technologies are in the hands of foreign companies, but in the next 5 to 10 years, it is estimated that they will not be held in the hands of domestic companies. If domestic companies want to invest in the future, they will have to invest at least 10 years in technology, which is the majority For medium-sized private enterprises, the cycle is really too long. "The technical director of a company in Zhejiang that specializes in providing coatings for electrical appliances says that they value the money they earn.
Less research and development funds are common problems for China's paint companies and also for enterprises in most other industries. Statistical data show that China's paint industry spends less than 1% of total sales on research and development each year, less than 2% of South Korea's, and even less able to Compared with more than 5% in developed countries, the absolute value of funds is even lower.
This has led to the domestic coatings companies have been in the "low-tech, low-profit, low-input" cycle. China's paint market demand is growing at an annual rate of about 10%, most of which increased from high-tech coatings, while domestic paint companies profit The rate is declining at a rate of nearly 10% per year. Wu Limin said: "Everyone knows that technology patents are controlled by foreign companies and it will become an obstacle for us to introduce new products; but when domestic research institutions develop innovative technologies, domestic enterprises do not Ken jointly developed it into a new product - how to solve this big problem? It is worth thinking deeply!"
However, Professor Wu Limin had something to say for "rejoiced": Their new technology was almost the same as other coating technologies, "exporting to domestic sales."
Innovative technology, domestic companies are not interested
Last year, after the successful development of the glass outer sunscreen insulation coating, Wu Limin immediately found a well-known domestic paint company, hoping to achieve cooperation in industrialization. The other party's response was: "This product is too new! Our products are very profitable. It's too late to produce, how can we have the time and energy to do your new product?†The company then took out a paint that was imported from abroad and started selling in the domestic market, demanding Wu Limin: “We are copying it, but technical indicators You haven't reached the standard of imported goods. You still can help solve this problem."
Since then, Wu Limin has been looking for several domestic companies and the answers are: "Good is good, it is too new, so after the market has to say it again." At this time, there are foreign-funded enterprises to find out and discuss cooperation with Wu Limin. , Want to buy this technology, and its own product technology integration. Fortunately, the outer layer of glass sunscreen insulation is finally an investment company in a timely manner, this has a large-scale marketing today.
Professor Wu said that it was not the first time that they had encountered such a situation: “Every time new results are made, our first thoughts are always large domestic companies. Unfortunately, every contact has always failed, because The interest of both parties has always been 'not good' - companies want us to help solve the technical problems of 'existing products', or are currently producing, or have shown good momentum in the market, they intend to copy. For the development of a A whole new technology and products, domestic companies have little interest."
On the contrary, foreign-funded enterprises are particularly interested in original technology. When their plastic surface wear-resistant coating technology was available, a German chemical company came to the door and demanded cooperation because it was determined that “these products definitely have a market in the futureâ€; the resin coating is water-based. The same is true of technology, Wu Limin said: "Now all internationally renowned chemical companies are researching this technology, but unfortunately domestic companies are not interested. We can only cooperate with foreign companies eventually." The reporter learned that the top 10 chemicals in the world are now Coating companies have already conducted technical cooperation with Wu Limin's research group. The research and development directions are basically aimed at the future market.
"Low input, low technology, low profit" is hard to solve
Speaking of coatings, most people think of only architectural coatings. In fact, small cell phone housings, toys, large cars, space shuttles, are inseparable from coatings. The functions of paints are varied, and there is protection against the surface of objects. , it can purify the air...
China's paint market last year had more than 200 billion yuan in sales per year, which is rising every year. Correspondingly, there are more than 10,000 paint companies in China. Although concentrated in the low-end market, the domestic market is huge. Their life is still good.
What is worrying is that high-margin products are almost never owned by domestic companies. iPhone shell coatings, car paints for cars, and even high-grade paints for toys are either imported or produced using imported technology. At 200 billion yuan****** In the paint market, foreign companies accounted for more than 60% of the total, while in the high-end products sector, the share was more than 90%. Henkel, Bayer, BASF, and other global top 10 chemical coating companies have set up Asian R&D centers in Shanghai. Even during the global financial crisis, these companies can maintain a 30% growth rate in the Chinese market.
“Not only the current high-end coating technologies are in the hands of foreign companies, but in the next 5 to 10 years, it is estimated that they will not be held in the hands of domestic companies. If domestic companies want to invest in the future, they will have to invest at least 10 years in technology, which is the majority For medium-sized private enterprises, the cycle is really too long. "The technical director of a company in Zhejiang that specializes in providing coatings for electrical appliances says that they value the money they earn.
Less research and development funds are common problems for China's paint companies and also for enterprises in most other industries. Statistical data show that China's paint industry spends less than 1% of total sales on research and development each year, less than 2% of South Korea's, and even less able to Compared with more than 5% in developed countries, the absolute value of funds is even lower.
This has led to the domestic coatings companies have been in the "low-tech, low-profit, low-input" cycle. China's paint market demand is growing at an annual rate of about 10%, most of which increased from high-tech coatings, while domestic paint companies profit The rate is declining at a rate of nearly 10% per year. Wu Limin said: "Everyone knows that technology patents are controlled by foreign companies and it will become an obstacle for us to introduce new products; but when domestic research institutions develop innovative technologies, domestic enterprises do not Ken jointly developed it into a new product - how to solve this big problem? It is worth thinking deeply!"