China Research Network News April 21-22, the 2014 China Automotive Forum hosted by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and hosted by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers was held in Beijing. During the conference, according to the statistical analysis of the data submitted by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers to commercial vehicle manufacturers, in the first quarter of 2014, compared with the same period of the previous year, sales in the central and southwest regions decreased slightly. The regions have growth, with North China and Northeast China growing at the top. For chemical companies, in addition to the field of adhesives, the field of automotive rubber products can also be worthy of attention.

rubber parts can be subdivided into automotive rubber products, household rubber products, engineering machinery rubber products and other sub-sectors according to the application field. Among them, automotive rubber products account for more than 50% of the rubber products industry production and sales. In developed countries, 90% of shock-absorbing rubber and 70% of hoses are used in the automotive parts. According to the data, there are 100 to 200 kinds of rubber parts used in an ordinary car. Taking the Santana sedan as an example, the quality of the rubber products used is 66 kg, which is equivalent to nearly 20 kg of raw rubber, accounting for about 2% of the cost of automobiles.

In 2013, there were 34 non-tire rubber products companies in China that invested and built factories in China. There are more than 70 factories in China, which are widely distributed in Shanghai, Tianjin, Changchun, Wuhan, Guangzhou and other major domestic automobile production bases. The products include various rubber products for automobiles. By establishing links with local leading automobile groups, these companies have strengthened the direct link between rubber product production and automobile production; in addition, these joint ventures or wholly-owned enterprises have expanded from rubber product production to raw materials, rubber machinery and testing equipment. The downstream industry has been integrated.