The market for plant fiber composite materials has broad development potential, but there are still many challenges in the industry.

Plant fiber is a polymer material composed of unique organic chemical components. Common plant fibers mainly include bamboo fiber, cellulose fiber, jute fiber, flax fiber, etc. Plant fiber composite material is an innovative bio-based composite material made from plant fiber as reinforcement. It has the advantages of wide source of raw materials, degradable, recyclable, renewable and light weight. Plant fiber composite materials belong to the category of green composite materials. In recent years, under the background of increasingly strict environmental protection supervision, the market attention of plant fiber composite materials has increased.

The application types of plant fiber composite materials are mostly limited to short fibers and discontinuous fibers, and related products are mostly non-load-bearing and sub-load-bearing structural products. For example, in the automotive field, plant fiber composite materials can be used in door interior panels, car linings, seats, etc. At this stage, automobile manufacturers such as BMW, Audi, Toyota of Japan, Porsche, and Mercedes-Benz have Use of plant fiber composites in automotive interior/exterior structures.

At this stage, my country’s enterprises and institutions engaged in the research and production of plant fiber composite materials include Changchun Bochao Auto Parts Co., Ltd., Jiangyin Yanli Automotive Trim Co., Ltd., Bofu Technology Co., Ltd., Huanke Innovation, Tongji University, Tianjin University of Technology, etc. Relying on the advantages of environmental protection and excellent physical properties, the application fields of plant fiber composite materials have gradually expanded from aerospace and defense industry to rail transportation, automobiles, construction, medical equipment, sporting goods, household appliances and other fields.

According to the “2022-2026 Global Plant Fiber Composite Materials Industry In-depth Market Research and Key Area Research Report released by the Industrial Research Center , my country is rich in plant fiber resources. The development of plant fiber composite materials industry can not only improve the added value and utilization efficiency of plant fiber, but also help solve environmental and resource problems. Under the strategic goals of carbon neutrality and carbon peak, plant fiber composite materials Material application fields will continue to expand, and there is broad room for market development in the future.

At present, plant fiber composite materials have become a research hotspot at home and abroad, and related research is increasingly abundant, with great potential for future market development. However, the industry still has certain problems in product scale production and application, such as high preparation costs and matching performance of materials and resins. Poor, application areas need to be developed, raw material supply chains need to be expanded, production equipment and testing standards need to be improved, plant fiber surface treatment technology needs to be improved, etc.

Industry analysts said that plant fiber composite materials belong to the category of green composite materials. In the context of increasing environmental protection requirements, plant fiber composite materials The composite materials market has huge room for development. my country is rich in plant fiber resources and has raw material advantages in developing plant fiber composite materials. However, there is still some room for development in my country’s plant fiber composite industry in terms of preparation technology, plant fiber processing technology, and production equipment.