The growth trend of overseas epidemic outbreaks continues, and many overseas countries require people to stay at home, while the weather has gradually become hotter. For example, in the United States, meat processing plants have been closed one after another, and residents have snapped up freezers and solar-powered DC refrigerators in order to stock meat. According to data from a cross-border e-commerce platform, since February, the flow of Solar DC Freezer has started to rise, and inquiries have risen a lot in the past three months.
According to statistics from the General Administration of Customs, from January to April 2020, China’s solar DC refrigerator exports have increased, with a cumulative increase over the same period last year, and a surge in export value, with a cumulative increase over the same period last year. China has once again assumed the responsibility of the world's largest supplier of solar DC refrigerators.
The relevant person in charge of an old-brand solar DC refrigerator export company also said that since this year, the company's overseas orders through Alibaba International Station have increased significantly over the same period last year. Facing the sudden increase in demand, most of China's overseas solar DC refrigerator orders have been queued for a long time. The reporter learned from the data that some manufacturers of raw materials for brand solar DC refrigerators indicated that hard plastics are in short supply. As a downstream product, the surge in orders for solar DC refrigerators is bound to be transmitted to the upstream raw material level.
"The materials and components involved in the production of solar DC refrigerators mainly include four categories: plastics, sheet metal, refrigeration systems, and electrical control. Generally, plastics participate in the manufacturing of the largest number of components. "Analyst Sun Zhiqi said that the five commonly used plastics for making solar DC refrigerators generally include: polyurethane (PU) foam materials, which are widely used in solar DC refrigerator doors and box insulation, used in solar DC refrigerator food boxes, Bottle holders, inner tanks, door linings, polystyrene (PS) used as auxiliary materials for packaging and transportation of solar DC refrigerators, polypropylene (PP) used for manufacturing solar DC refrigerator drawers, and used for processing exterior parts Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) and polyethylene (PE) used in the manufacture of various pipes.
According to analyst Sun Chengcheng, in recent years, the application of PP in solar DC refrigerators has shown a growing trend. In some cases, it has been used to inject top covers, drawer boxes, control panels, partitions, shelves, etc. Because of its low density, improved processing performance and physical and mechanical properties, and low price, the application of PP in solar DC refrigerators has a tendency to replace PS and ABS. In the past two years, China’s solar DC refrigerator market has bid farewell to the transition from high-speed growth to high-quality growth. Facing the industry’s “new normal” pattern, solar DC refrigerator companies have also felt pressure from market competition. The original solar DC refrigerator drawers are generally made of high impact polystyrene (HIPS), but HIPS is easy to crack under the action of acid, alkali, salt, grease, etc., which affects the service life. At the same time, the price of HIPS is higher than that of PP, so it is modified The development of PP instead of HIPS for solar DC refrigerator drawers has become inevitable.
Sun Chengcheng said that as the domestic solar DC refrigerator industry has entered a new normal of stable development, small and medium-sized solar DC refrigerator companies have been facing the pressure of market competition from the upstream and downstream industrial chains and high-end brands. They have to turn their attention to the export market to find a solution. , The epidemic has given a strong boost to the export of solar DC refrigerators. Overall, the market development prospects can be expected after the pain.