Intelligent upgrade and cross-border integration: two-component silicone insulating glass adhesive industry opens up new dimensions of innovation

Since 2025, the two-component silicone insulating glass adhesive industry has shown development characteristics of "accelerated production intelligence, deepening technology cross-border integration, and upgraded consumer awareness" driven by the wave of intelligent manufacturing and cross disciplinary demand. As a key material for insulating glass sealing systems, the production of two-component silicone insulating glass adhesive in China will reach 98000 tons in 2024, a year-on-year increase of 16.2%. Among them, the proportion of intelligent factory output will increase to 35%, and the sales of cross-border integrated products will increase by 70%. The industry is accelerating its transformation from traditional manufacturing to the direction of "intelligence+multielement".
Intelligent manufacturing upgrades reshape the production system. With the popularization of Industry 4.0 technology, leading enterprises are laying out smart factories to promote the transformation of two-component silicone rubber production towards "automation, digitization, and refinement": Guangzhou Baiyun Chemical invested 230 million yuan to build a "two-component silicone rubber intelligent production base", introducing a 5G fully connected factory system to achieve full process automation control of raw material ratio, reaction temperature, filling detection, etc. The dynamic mixing system has a ratio accuracy of ± 0.1%, which is 90% higher than traditional equipment. The batch stability qualification rate of products has increased from 98.2% to 99.8%, and the annual production capacity has been increased to 15000 tons; Hangzhou Zhijiang Organic Silicon has built a "digital twin production platform", which optimizes production parameters through virtual simulation, improves the heating efficiency of the reaction kettle by 25%, reduces energy consumption by 18%, and achieves full lifecycle traceability of products. Customers can view production progress and testing data in real time. By 2024, the platform's customer satisfaction rate will reach 96%; Shandong Baolong Silicon Materials focuses on "flexible intelligent manufacturing" and develops modular production lines that can complete formula switching for different types of two-component silicone adhesives within 2 hours, meeting the needs of "multi variety, small batch" orders. The proportion of customized products will increase to 42% in 2024, an increase of 28 percentage points from 2023.
Cross disciplinary technology integration opens up new application spaces. With excellent sealing performance and compatibility, two-component silicone adhesive has gradually achieved technological synergy with fields such as photovoltaics and new energy vehicles. In the field of photovoltaic building integration (BIPV), enterprises have developed "transparent two-component silicone adhesive". By adjusting the particle size and refractive index of the filler, the product's transmittance is increased to 92%, while maintaining its resistance to ultraviolet radiation (the performance degradation rate after 1000 hours of xenon lamp aging test is less than 5%). In 2024, the usage of BIPV modules in enterprises such as Longi and Jinko exceeded 12000 tons, driving industry sales growth of 35%; In the field of new energy vehicles, Guangdong Hongchang Electronics has launched a "low-density two-component silicone adhesive" to meet the lightweight requirements of car mounted insulating glass. The density has been reduced to 1.05g/cm ³, which is 18% lower than traditional products. At the same time, it meets the requirements of a wide temperature range of -40 ℃~120 ℃. In 2024, it will enter the supply chain of car companies such as BYD and NIO, with a usage of over 8000 tons; In the field of cold chain logistics, the "optimized thermal conductivity two-component silicone adhesive" suitable for low-temperature cold storage insulated glass has achieved a breakthrough. Qingdao Xinyu Chemical has reduced the thermal conductivity of the product to 0.18W/(m · K) by adding nano insulation fillers, which improves the insulation performance by 30% compared to traditional products. In 2024, the amount used in the construction of JD and SF cold chain warehouses exceeded 6000 tons.
Consumer market education promotes the standardized development of the industry. In response to the lack of understanding of two-component silicone adhesive and confusion in product selection in the terminal market, industry associations and enterprises have jointly launched market education actions: the China Building Decoration Materials Association has launched the "two-component silicone adhesive science popularization China Tour" activity. In 2024, 52 lectures will be held in 30 cities across the country, covering more than 20000 people from door and window enterprises, architectural design institutes, decoration companies and other groups, with a focus on popularizing knowledge such as "sealant selection standards" and "construction quality control", promoting the industry's awareness rate from 65% to 82%; Guangzhou Baiyun Chemical has developed a "two-component silicone adhesive selection tool" mini program. Users can input parameters such as building type, climate zone, and usage scenario to obtain product recommendations and technical solutions. By 2024, the mini program has been used over 100000 times, helping small and medium-sized door and window enterprises solve selection problems; Hangzhou Zhijiang Organic Silicon Joint Real Estate Enterprise launched the "Transparent Factory Open Day" event, inviting developers and homeowners to visit intelligent production lines and testing laboratories. By 2024, it has received over 5000 visitors, enhancing consumers' trust in domestic two-component silicone adhesives.
Breakthroughs in supporting technologies in the industrial chain support industry upgrading. In the upstream equipment field, Guangdong Keda Intelligent Equipment has developed a "fully automatic two-component silicone adhesive filling line", which integrates visual inspection and weighing feedback system, and can real-time eliminate unqualified products. The filling accuracy reaches ± 1g, and the production efficiency has been improved to 600 barrels/hour, an increase of 50% compared to traditional equipment. By 2024, the market share will reach 45%; In the field of raw materials, domestic enterprises have achieved breakthroughs in key raw materials such as functional silane and nano reinforcement materials. By 2024, the self-sufficiency rate of functional silane will reach 90%, an increase of 48 percentage points compared to 2020, and the cost of raw materials will decrease by 16%; In the field of testing technology, China National Building Material Inspection and Certification Group (CTC) has launched the "Long term Performance Prediction Service for Two component Silicone Adhesive". Through accelerated aging tests and data models, it can predict the performance changes of products over a 20-year service life. By 2024, there will be over 300 service projects, helping enterprises reduce long-term quality risks.
Policies and standards collaborate to support industry development. In 2024, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will include the construction of a "dual component silicone adhesive intelligent factory" in the scope of support for the "three products" implementation plan of the raw material industry, and provide up to 5 million yuan in subsidies to eligible projects to promote the intelligent transformation of the industry; At the local level, the Yangtze River Delta region has released the "Evaluation Specification for Intelligent Manufacturing of Two Component Silicone Adhesive", which sets evaluation indicators from six dimensions including production automation, digital management, and intelligent service to guide enterprises to upgrade their standards; In terms of standard system, the industry has initiated the development of group standards such as "Technical Requirements for Two Component Silicone Hollow Glass Adhesive for BIPV" and "Application Specification for Two Component Silicone Adhesive for Automotive Hollow Glass", which are expected to be officially implemented in 2026, filling the gap in cross disciplinary application standards.
Industry experts point out that the two-component silicone insulating glass adhesive industry has entered a new development stage of "intelligent driving+cross-border integration". It is expected that by 2028, the proportion of smart factory output will exceed 55%, the proportion of cross domain application demand will reach 35%, and the recognition rate of the end market will increase to 95%. In the future, the industry will focus on three directions: "deep empowerment of intelligent manufacturing", "cross disciplinary technology collaborative innovation", and "precision education in the consumer market", promoting the development of products towards "higher performance, wider adaptability, and easier selection", and providing key material support for the integration of building energy conservation and emerging industries.