Under the goal of carbon neutrality - the three major growth advantages of environmentally friendly leveling agents

Against the backdrop of the accelerated implementation of the global "carbon neutrality" strategy, the coatings industry is facing a key challenge of green transformation. As a key additive in coating formulations, leveling agents have gradually become a focus of environmental regulation due to their presence of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) or non degradable components. Environmental leveling agents are experiencing explosive growth due to their low-carbon, low toxicity, and high-performance characteristics.

1、 Policy driven advantage: Global green regulations force industry substitution

China's "dual carbon" goal promotes the clear restriction of solvent based leveling agents in the "Technical Requirements for Low VOC Content Coating Products"; EU regulations classify some organic silicon compounds as "authorized substances" and encourage companies to develop alternatives.

2、 Technological upgrade advantage: breakthroughs in new materials and processes create incremental growth

Commercialization of leveling agents using renewable resources such as palm oil and starch, and improvement of leveling efficiency through nanocellulose technology, reducing unit usage by over 30%. And digital intelligent formula design, through AI simulation of the correlation between molecular structure and coating performance, accelerates the development cycle of environmentally friendly formulas.   

3、 Advantages of downstream application expansion: The wave of green consumption opens up market space

In the field of new energy, photovoltaic backsheet coatings require bio based leveling agents with stronger weather resistance; In terms of packaging printing, edible grade leveling agents (such as chitosan derivatives) meet food contact safety requirements.   

In the long-term track of carbon neutrality, environmental leveling agents have changed from "optional" to "mandatory", and the technological competition of environmental leveling agents has shifted from "performance standards" to "full lifecycle sustainability". In the future, enterprises need to innovate synchronously in the three links of raw materials, processes, and recycling in order to continuously achieve sustainable growth of environmental leveling agents.