PE100-RC pipe is the latest generation of pipe material. my country’s market is highly dependent on foreign countries.

According to different anti-hydrostatic strength, polyethylene pipe materials can be divided into five grades: PE31, PE40, PE63, PE80, and PE100. PE100 is the highest grade. PE100 pipe refers to a pipe resin with a hydrostatic strength (MRS) value of 10.0MPa. . PE100-RC is a special material for crack-resistant polyethylene pipes. It is also the latest generation of medium/high density polyethylene pipe materials. It represents the latest technology and the highest application level of development of polyethylene pipes.

PE100-RC pipe has the characteristics of long service life, high compressive strength, high resistance to slow crack growth, good chemical stability, and excellent impact resistance. It is widely used in urban pipelines, construction, petrochemical industry, drainage, gas and other fields. Due to its obvious advantages in urban pipeline construction, PE100-RC pipes have been widely used in foreign markets.

According to the “2021-2026 China PE100-RC Pipe Industry Market In-depth Research and Development Prospects Forecast Report released by the Industrial Research Center , due to the excellent comprehensive performance of polyethylene pipes and low installation costs, PE pipes have now become the second largest variety of plastic pipes. In 2020, the output of my country’s plastic pipe industry was about 16.2 million tons, and the output of the PE pipe industry was about 3 million tons, of which more than 2.2 million tons were PE100 pipes.

PE100-RC pipes are the fourth generation pipes. Compared with traditional PE100 pipes, PE100-RC pipes have a longer service life, higher safety, and lower construction difficulty. With the improvement of construction technology, the market demand for high-end PE pipes With the continuous increase, the PE100-RC pipe market has broader development space. In the international market, the main manufacturers of PE100-RC pipes include LyondellBasell Industries, France’s Total, Borealis, Ineos and other companies. With their advantages in technology, quality, scale, brand and other advantages, leading companies occupy the global and domestic PE100 -Major share of RC pipe market.

PE100-RC pipe polymerization process includes bimodal polymerization process, three-kettle series process, Innovene TMS double-loop pipe slurry polymerization process, etc. In February 2017, my country’s Ministry of Science and Technology designated PE100-RC as a key scientific and technological project. Driven by national policy support and scientific and technological progress, the monopoly of PE100-RC pipes by foreign companies was broken. However, due to limitations in polymerization processes, raw materials, catalysts, etc., the current output of my country’s PE100-RC pipe industry is still low, the market is highly dependent on imports, and there is a large space for domestic substitution of PE100-RC pipes. At this stage, domestic companies engaged in research and production of PE100-RC pipes mainly include Tianjin Zhongsha Petrochemical, Dushanzi Petrochemical, Wuhan Zhonghan Petrochemical, Shanghai Petrochemical, etc.

Industry analysts said that with the acceleration of modernization and urbanization, the demand for high-end PE pipes in the Chinese market will continue to be released, and PE100 -RC pipes, as the latest generation of pipe materials, have broad market development potential. At present, the output of PE100-RC pipes in my country is low, and the dependence on product imports is still high. In the future, relevant companies will still need to increase investment in research and development of related processes and catalysts, expand the production capacity of PE100-RC pipes, and then increase the localization rate of PE100-RC pipes.