Borosilicate Glass has a wide range of applications in the fields of chemical industry, medicine, photoelectric, solar power and so on, which has excellent properties such as low expansion rate, high temperature resistance, high strength, light transmittance and high chemical stability. Borosilicate glass is mainly divided into borosilicate glass tube and borosilicate plate glass. Borosilicate glass tube mainly with low borosilicate glass 7.0 tube, medium borosilicate glass 5.0 and high borosilicate glass 3.3 tube.
Kyresearch released the "2017 Global borosilicate glass market development status and future trends" data show that 2016 global Borosilicate glass (including 5.0 and 3.3) production of more than 1 million tonnes, market scale of more than 900 million U.S. dollars, the market growth of more than 4%. China's borosilicate glass (including 5.0 and 3.3) produces more than 700,000 tonnes, with a market size of over $440 million. China occupies 70% of the world's market share, and Europe and the United States share more than 7% of the market. The leader of the global Borosilicate glass is Schott, Germany. Corning, Czech Kavalier, Shandong Linuo and Shan Dong Huihui Solar Co., Ltd. is the main participant in the market.
5.0 Neutral Borosilicate Glass is the most stable of the chemical glass, and is not easy to remove, avoid light, frost resistance is particularly suitable in the field of medicine. Specific drugs must use 5.0 glass packaging to protect the quality of medicines and the preservation of aging. Among them, the global commercial production of borosilicate Glass 5.0 tube Companies only Schott, the United States Corning, Japan and neg, Italy Neubor Glass and China's four-star glass. In addition, June Heng Hebei Medicinal Glass Products Co., Ltd. 5.0 tube has been successfully ignited, is a new entrants in borosilicate glass 5.0 tube, with a strong competitive potential. Schott's Borosilicate Glass 5.0 is mainly used for production of downstream products such as ampoule bottles. The German, Spanish, Indian and Brazilian 5.0-tube base of the borosilicate glass in Germany has a total capacity of more than 70,000 tonnes. Four star Glass is China's only borosilicate glass 5.0 tube manufacturer, the company's borosilicate Glass 5.0 tube mainly for personal use. In the Chinese market, the downstream neutral boron-silicon ampoule bottles such as the need for borosilicate Glass 5.0 tubes are basically imported from Germany. Every year, Schott, Germany, sells more than 8000 tonnes of borosilicate glass in the Chinese market for 5.0 tubes.
3.3 High boron silicate glass tube is widely used. More than 60% of the 3.3 high borosilicate glass tubes are used for solar collector tubes. 3.3 Borosilicate glass tube can be used as experimental instrument glass, heat-resistant glassware, chemical pipe glass and hid glass. 3.3 High boron-silicon experimental instrument glass manufacturers mainly include the United States Corning and Sichuan Shu waves. These years, the glass of heat-resistant glassware presents huge market potential. Germany Schott, Czech Cavalil, Japan ACG Club, Taiwan Glass Group, Hangzhou Ai Jia Glass Products Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Panyu Tai Lung Glass Factory Co., Ltd., Hanchuan zhenxing Daily Glass Co., Ltd., Chongqing run Hair Glassware Co., Ltd. and Chongqing city far Bell Glass Co., Ltd.
At present, high-end flat borosilicate glass market monopoly. The production of high boron-silicon flat glass with float glass has become a reality, German Schott Co., Ltd. combines advanced borosilicate glass fused technology with advanced micro-flotation technology organically, and creatively produces the first float borosilicate glass in the world. In addition, the Chinese Hong Hua Jun also used a micro-flotation process (Microfloat technology) manufacturing high borosilicate 3.3 glass, the company's 5000 tons of micro-float glass plate has been put into production, two phase micro-float glass has been built. The Pilkington also has a micro-flotation process, but the company does not have mass production. Ultra-thin borosilicate glass also shows great potential, but the technology of ultra-thin borosilicate glass is mainly mastered by German Schott and Japanese companies, the production of ultra-thin borosilicate glass in China is very small.