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Development of silk printing industry in China (II)

2 Printing plate silk market

low grade secondary silk for plate making in mainland China has basically met the current market demand. There are more than 50 silk manufacturers, including more than 10 with a certain scale and about 1000 employees. The annual production volume is about 15million square meters, 70% of which are medium and low mesh. In addition to meeting the needs of the mainland market, there are also a small amount of exports. High mesh count silk, high strength and low elongation silk, antistatic silk, nickel plated synthetic fiber silk, carbonized fiber silk, calendered and other special treated silk with more than 370 meshes have yet to be developed. At present, they still need to be imported in large quantities, with an annual import volume of about 10million square meters and a sales volume of about 1.6 billion yuan. According to the sampling survey, the average annual consumption of each printing and processing factory in the mainland is about 364 square meters, and the national annual consumption is about 20million square meters, of which 62.2% is imported silk. Several main factors affecting the development of China's silk manufacturing industry: first, the production of silk for printing plate in China started late, and the silk varieties basically refer to several specifications with more imports from abroad, and are limited by the corresponding raw materials, special equipment specifications and production equipment performance, so the product specifications are less and the quality is not as good as imported goods; Second, the technical equipment is relatively backward, and the quality testing means need to be improved; Third, the research and development force is insufficient, and the quality supervision and arbitration institutions are vacant; Fourth, the silk enterprises are scattered, the product quality level is different, and the national famous brand of Jinan Shijin is used. Now the activity units that Jinan Shijin special offers consultation and preferential delivery lack the means of measurement and control and inspection

３. Printing ink market

the development of China's domestic printing ink market can be said to be a process from scratch, from less to more. Now there are more than 50 printing ink manufacturers, about 28 of which are on a large scale, and about 130 varieties (including fabric printing paste, luminous, fluorescent and other special printing ink), with about 1500 employees. The sample survey shows that the average annual total consumption of each printing enterprise in the mainland is 782kg, and the national annual consumption is about 20000 tons, of which about 54.7% are imported products. The annual output of domestic printing ink is about 9000 tons, and the output value is about 270 million yuan. In general, the categories of inks produced in the mainland of China are relatively complete, including solvent inks suitable for various substrate materials, as well as the latest water-based inks and UV curing inks. It should be said that printing inks have developed rapidly, and some of them are of good quality. However, due to the wide range of printing substrates, such as metal, plastic, ceramics, glass, leather, and the emerging printing products in recent years, such as optical discs, magnetic cards, film switches, outdoor advertising, interior decoration, and trendy clothing, whether it is plane printing or special-shaped surface printing, it requires a large number of inks matching the substrate, so it can not fully meet the market demand of the above products. At present, the application and research and development of printing inks for printing high-quality and high-precision prints, printing inks for special purposes, four-color additive printing inks, u v printing inks and water-based printing inks in the mainland have broad development space. In particular, PCB electronic circuit board industrial inks, UV inks and water-based inks still need to be imported in large quantities, and the annual sales of imported products are about 300million yuan. In addition to silk, printing ink ranks second in the consumption of materials

４. Market of photosensitive adhesives for printing plates

the development and production of photosensitive adhesives and film films for printing plates in the mainland of China has made considerable progress. At present, there are about 50 manufacturers, more than 10 with a certain scale, about 2000 employees, with an annual output of about 25000 tons and a sales volume of 200million yuan. The industry sampling survey shows that the average annual consumption of photosensitive adhesive in each printing enterprise is 162kg, and the national annual consumption is about 4300 tons, of which 57% are imported products, and the larger the scale of printing plants, the greater the proportion of imported products. At present, domestic photosensitive adhesives can basically meet the needs of the domestic market, and some of them have been exported to the Southeast Asian market. Diazo photosensitive adhesives, which are widely used in the current printing industry, were successfully developed and put on the market in 1984. They are widely used in plastic, paper, signs, metal, glass, instruments, leather, enamel, electronics, textile printing and dyeing and other industries with excellent performance. They are ideal photosensitive adhesives at present. D-S series diazo photosensitive adhesives produced by Beijing Taipingqiao Printing Materials Factory, s-f series diazo photosensitive adhesives produced by Zhejiang Jiangshan chemical coating factory, and various diazo photosensitive adhesives produced by Wuxi Chemical Research and Design Institute and Wuxi paper factory are well-known products, which are sold nationwide and exported to Southeast Asian countries. The photosensitive film (commonly known as film film) used for indirect plate making includes K-type film, LS film and silk dry film. The annual output of film in China is about 30000 square meters. The production logistics supporting diazo photosensitive adhesive only carries a series of code products, as well as various series of film remover and viscose. At present, the domestic diazo photosensitive adhesives with water resistance and solvent resistance are close to the foreign advanced level in the use effect, and can meet the production requirements of general precision printing plates, but some photosensitive adhesives and non diazo photosensitive adhesives for high-precision printing plates still need to be imported in large quantities. According to statistics, the annual import volume of photosensitive adhesive is about 2000 tons

many varieties of high-quality photosensitive adhesives are the key factors to improve the printing quality in China. With the development of high-speed printing, polychromism and refinement, its requirements for photosensitive adhesives for printing plates are becoming higher and higher, requiring high sensitivity, high imaging power, high stability and pollution-free. At present, some photosensitive adhesive companies are researching and developing a non diazo photosensitive adhesive. The European printing Federation introduced three families of photosensitive adhesives in the world: diazo photosensitive adhesives, double photosensitive adhesives and pure photopolymer photosensitive adhesives. The characteristics of these three photosensitive adhesives are:

(1) diazo photosensitive adhesives are heat sensitive, need to be mixed, and the storage time is short. Photosensitive adhesives contain less solid components, longer exposure time and affordable, and have the largest sales volume in the market

(2) double photosensitive photoresist photoresist is also heat sensitive and needs to be mixed, but its solid component is larger than diazo photoresist, and the price is relatively expensive. It is characterized by the use of standard exposure time, which is conducive to the correct reproduction of images and the solubility of all printing inks (water-based or solvent inks)

(3) pure photopolymer photosensitive adhesive, which is called SBQ (styrene pyridine salt) photosensitive adhesive in Japan. It usually contains high solid components and can be used immediately without adding photosensitizer. It is also called non diazo photosensitive adhesive, and its sensitivity is 3 ~ 50 times higher than diazo photosensitive adhesive; The exposure time is short, only about 1/5 of that of diazo photoresist; With high imaging power, image reproduction and development performance are better than diazo photosensitive adhesive; The storage time is long, and it can be stored for more than 3 years in high temperature and humid climate, which will not affect the quality of plate making

due to the above characteristics, the pure photopolymer photosensitive adhesive is more in line with the development direction of photosensitive adhesive in the future, that is, high sensitivity, easy to save energy, reduce cost and improve efficiency; High resolution, convenient for fine line ultra precision printing; The high solid content makes the coating film smooth and the plate making line clear, which is suitable for high-precision plate making; Green, using single liquid resin as raw material, not only the product is environmentally friendly, but also the production process is pollution-free and pollution-free. At present, non diazo photosensitive adhesive has appeared in the foreign market, but its price is high, about 10 times that of ordinary photosensitive adhesive, reaching 700 ~ 800 yuan/kg. At present, some international and domestic scientific research institutions and photosensitive adhesive manufacturers are committed to the research and development of the above-mentioned parties. It is believed that in the near future, a high-quality and affordable non diazo photosensitive adhesive will appear in China's printing market, giving priority to the choice of water cooling