The dye industry has a long history and is a very important branch of the fine chemical industry. In the 21st century, the world's dye industry has shown a trend of steady development with the growth of the global textile market, and some large dye companies in developed countries have withdrawn from the dye industry due to increasingly strict environmental protection requirements and a substantial increase in production costs, such as GermanyBASF, Bayer, Hirstetc.;In addition, some large dye companies have transformed into comprehensive textile printing and dyeing chemical companies through mergers and acquisitions.
At the same time, the dye industry in developing countries such as China and India has risen rapidly and become the global dye industry production base. In recent years, the development of the international dye industry has shown the following characteristics and trends:
1. China and India have become global dye production bases
Under the strict environmental protection policy, high labor costs and the trend of economic globalization, multinational corporations are constantly restructuring and reallocating resources. In 1995, Bayer AG and Hearst AG merged their dye businesses to form a joint venture, DystarIn 2000, BASF's Textile Dyes & Pigments division was integrated into DystarIn 2006, Huntsman acquired Ciba's refined textile dyeing and chemical businessIn 2010, Zhejiang Longsheng and India's KIRI acquired Dystar.
After several rounds of mergers and acquisitions, the intensification of global dye production has been continuously improved. The rapid development of the textile industry in China and India and the perfect upstream and downstream industrial chains have enabled them to quickly undertake the transfer of global dye production capacity and manufacturing technology, thereby promoting the rapid development of their domestic dye industry and promoting the rapid rise of the dye industry in the two countries and becoming a global dye production base.
2. Green environmental protection and specialization have become the future development trend
With the increasing requirements of environmental protection policies, green textiles have become the basic requirements of international textiles, and many countries have formulated strict standards, such as the new version of the OEKO-TEX 100 standard issued by the International Textile Ecological Research and Inspection Association at the beginning of each year after entering the new century, and the REACH regulation implemented by the European Commission in January 2006 have put forward high requirements for textile dyes. Sihan released the "2024-2029 China Dye Industry Market Status and Investment Risk Research Report".
On the one hand, the requirements of green environmental protection have increased the technical barriers and barriers of dyesOn the other hand, it has promoted the development process of new technologies and new products of environmentally friendly dyes, and the development of new products and new application technologies of green and environmentally friendly dyes has become the only way for the development of the international dye industry.
The increasing demand of international consumers for the personalization, comfort, branding and fashion of textiles, as well as the continuous emergence of various new fibers and blended fabric products to meet the special needs of consumers, have promoted the rapid growth of demand for dye products with better dyeing performance indicators and characteristic dyeing effects, and the variety of dye products will be richer in the future.
3. Market structure of the global dye industry
Due to the synthesis of dye intermediates and dye filter cakes, the strict environmental protection policies of developed countries such as Europe and the United States have led to the corresponding high treatment costs, forcing enterprises in developed countries to gradually withdraw from the basic dye synthesis business, forming a business model that mainly relies on the import of dye semi-finished products from China and India to process and produce high value-added dye commercial products, or directly purchase dye products from OEM manufacturers in the two countries and sell them on an OEM basis.
The veteran dye enterprises represented by Dystar actively readjust their products and technologies, shrink their focus to the field of high-end dyes, functional dyes and textile printing and dyeing auxiliaries, and develop new environmentally friendly dye products and new printing and dyeing technologies, supplemented by global locations and advanced consulting and technical services as the industry competition strategy, so as to maintain its dominant position in the field of high-grade and characteristic dyes.