Policies encourage the industrial development of nylon 11, and the aminoundecanoic acid industry may usher in new development opportunities

The full name of aminoundecanoic acid is 11-aminodecanoic acid, which is a kind of omega amino acid. It is a white, odorless crystalline powder with the molecular formula of NH2(CH2)10COOH. Aminodecanoic acid is obtained from castor oil through high-temperature cracking and is an important chemical raw material. Since aminoundecanoic acid has two polar groups inside it, polymers prepared with aminoundecanoic acid usually have a higher hydrogen bond content, such as nylon-11, which benefits from its higher strength and toughness. Amino undecanoic acid is highly polar and has a long carbon chain.

Arkema, as the world’s major nylon 11 manufacturer, has the world’s major aminoundecanoic acid production base in France. It will also build a new aminoundecanoic acid production line in Singapore to consolidate its position in aminoundecanoic acid and its downstream products. The market position of the product nylon 11. Therefore, the global aminoundecanoic acid production capacity is highly concentrated. Domestically, due to the failure to achieve large-scale production of nylon 11, the demand for aminoundecanoic acid is extremely limited, so there are few companies producing aminoundecanoic acid. The main companies include Taizhou Tianhong Biochemical Technology Co., Ltd., Zhangjiagang Hua Mao Fine Chemical Co., Ltd., Hunan Huateng Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., etc., each company’s production scale is small, and they mainly produce irregularly based on user orders. According to the released “2022-2026 Global Amino Undecanoic Acid Industry In-depth Market Research and Key Area Research Report“, in 2021 , the production capacity and output of China’s aminoundecanoic acid industry is only in the ton level.

Amino undecanoic acid is mainly used to produce nylon 11. Therefore, the development of the nylon 11 industry is directly related to the development prospects of the amino undecanoic acid industry. At present, due to the high technical threshold, China has never achieved large-scale mass production of nylon 11, resulting in the failure to open the amino undecanoic acid market. However, as a bio-based material with good material properties, nylon has the advantages of low water absorption, good oil resistance, low temperature resistance, and easy processing. It is widely used in automobiles, electronics, military industry and other fields, and is the focus of the domestic material field. “Stuck neck” field, therefore, the country provides strong support for the development of nylon 11 and related fields. In the “Guidance Catalog for Industrial Structural Adjustment (2019 Edition)”, “the development and production of new polyamides such as long carbon chain nylon and high temperature resistant nylon” is included in the encouraged projects; in the “Catalogue of Industries Encouraging Foreign Investment (2020 Edition)” 》, the development and production of nylon 11 are included. With policy support, relevant domestic enterprises will accelerate technological research and production line construction. As a supporting industry for nylon 11, aminoundecanoic acid will also usher in a new stage of development. In the future, as nylon 11 enters the industrial production stage and its industrial chain is opened up, the market space for aminoundecanoic acid will continue to be released, and the long-term development prospects of the aminoundecanoic acid industry are good.

Analysts believe that the application of aminoundecanoic acid in medicine, hydrogels, lithium battery binders and other fields continues to be researched Intensified, the demand for scientific research and experiments has been released. In the future, with the development of the above fields, especially the successful application in the field of lithium battery binders, it may inject new vitality into the development of the amino undecanoic acid market and drive the amino undecanoic acid industry to face the lithium battery binder market. Seek new performance growth points.