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Polycarbonate Sheet Industry Embraces a New Development Boom
Time : 2026-02-04
Today, with the rapid iteration of the new material industry and the in-depth popularization of the concept of green and low-carbon development, polycarbonate (PC) sheets, with their excellent characteristics such as light weight, high strength, good light transmittance, strong weather resistance and recyclability, have become core supporting materials in many fields including construction, transportation, electronic appliances, agricultural greenhouses and new energy. The industry is ushering in a golden period of high-quality development. At the same time, Baoding Xinhai Sunshine Sheet Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Xinhai Company"), based on its own advantages in the whole industrial chain, officially launches the global distributor recruitment plan. With an open and win-win attitude, it sincerely invites insightful people from all over the world to join hands, share the dividends of industrial development and build a new ecology of industrial development.
Trends in the Polycarbonate Sheet Industry: Multiple Positive Factors Overlap, High-Quality Development Becomes the Mainstream
In recent years, the global polycarbonate sheet market has maintained a steady growth trend. During the period from 2021 to 2025, the global market's compound annual growth rate was about 6.2%, and the market size exceeded 4.8 billion US dollars in 2025, of which the Asia-Pacific region contributed the largest increment, accounting for more than 45%. As the world's largest production base and consumer market, China has performed particularly prominently. In 2025, the domestic market size reached about 13.5 billion yuan, with a compound annual growth rate of 7.8% in five years, higher than the global average, and the industrial chain is becoming increasingly improved. Combined with the current development situation of the industry and policy orientation, the industry will show three clear development trends in the future.
Trend 1: Accelerated Green and Low-Carbon Transformation, Sustainable Development Becomes Core Competitiveness
With the advancement of the "dual carbon" goals worldwide and the continuous deepening of circular economy policies, the polycarbonate sheet industry is accelerating its transformation towards greenization and low-carbonization. Traditional polycarbonate production relies on raw materials such as bisphenol A (BPA) and phosgene, which have environmental and health hazards. The industry is actively exploring environmentally friendly production paths, including innovative methods such as using carbon dioxide as raw material and adopting renewable bio-based monomers to synthesize green polycarbonate . At the same time, technological breakthroughs in product recycling and reuse continue. Leading enterprises such as Covestro and Mitsubishi Chemical have launched green sheet products with a post-consumer recycled (PCR) content of 20%–30%. The recycling rate of China's polycarbonate sheets is expected to rise to more than 50% by 2030 . In addition, environmentally friendly sheets with functions such as energy saving, heat insulation, self-cleaning and UV resistance have continued to increase their market penetration due to meeting the needs of green buildings and low-carbon travel, becoming the core focus of industry competition .
Trend 2: Products Upgrade to High Functionality and Customization, Application Scenarios Continue to Expand
With the continuous upgrading of downstream application fields, the market's requirements for the performance of polycarbonate sheets are becoming increasingly refined, and products are evolving from general-purpose to high-functional and customized directions. Driven by technological innovation, new technologies such as nano-modification, flame-retardant enhancement and multi-layer co-extrusion compounding are constantly emerging, which have significantly expanded the application boundaries of products. For example, in the new energy vehicle field, the high requirements for light weight, safety and design freedom have driven the rapid growth of demand for automotive polycarbonate sheets. It is expected that the compound annual growth rate of this segment will exceed 9% from 2026 to 2030; in the electronic and electrical field, polycarbonate sheets with high light transmittance and low birefringence have become core materials for AR/VR optical components and wearable devices, with explosive growth in demand ; in the agricultural field, customized sunshine sheets with anti-fog and strong thermal insulation properties have become the preferred materials for modern intelligent greenhouse construction . At the same time, personalized needs in different regions and scenarios have promoted the industry's transformation from "standardized production" to "customized services", and enterprises with customization capabilities and technological advantages will take the initiative in competition
Trend 3: Reconstruction of the Global Market Pattern, Chinese Enterprises Accelerate Their March Towards the World
In the past, the global high-end polycarbonate sheet market was mainly dominated by European, American and Japanese enterprises. However, in recent years, relying on the advantages of improved industrial chain supporting facilities, mature production technology and high cost performance, Chinese enterprises have accelerated the realization of domestic substitution and actively expanded overseas markets . By 2025, China's polycarbonate sheet production capacity has accounted for more than 35% of the world's total, showing a trend of concentration in industrial clusters in East China, South China and North China . Products of domestic enterprises not only cover the mid-to-low-end market, but also gradually enter the high-end field, with expanding export scope, being exported to dozens of countries and regions such as Europe, America, North Africa and the Middle East . At the same time, the acceleration of infrastructure construction, green building and agricultural modernization in global emerging markets (such as Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa) has continuously released the demand for polycarbonate sheets, providing a broad space for Chinese enterprises to go global and new market opportunities for distributors.