Maybe soon, we will be able to “apply tires with labels that are similar to energy-efficiency labels for refrigerators, and promote the performance of tires by grading indexes such as fuel consumption and slippery roadholding, and then realize energy saving and environmental protection of tires.” Not long ago, China's rubber industry Fan Rende, president of the Association of People 's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the China Rubber Association ), expressed this at the 2012 China Rubber Annual Conference. It is reported that at present, China's tire industry has reached a consensus on promoting the development of green tire industrialization. The China Rubber Association will refer to the European Union's tire labeling law and REACH regulations, and in accordance with China's energy conservation and consumption reduction requirements, formulate green tire industrialization regulations in line with national conditions.

Energy conservation and environmental protection is the development direction

The “green tires” featuring safety, high efficiency, energy saving and environmental protection are the mainstream of the international tire industry. It is understood that the "green tire" adopts a new technical formula design. Compared with the general radial tire, the rolling resistance is reduced by 20% to 30%, fuel saving is 2% to 4% or even higher, and mileage is increased by 35%. Emissions are reduced by about 400 grams, while being safer and more reliable. If domestic cars are equipped with such products, annual gasoline consumption can be saved by more than 410,000 tons, and carbon dioxide emissions can be reduced by more than 3 million tons. Multinational corporations began research and development of "green tires" in the 1990s. Apart from improving formulas, they are also effectively reducing noise, improving tire gripping, comfort, handling and other safety performances, realizing dynamic and intelligent monitoring during tire driving, etc. Major breakthroughs in the field. At present, all major international tire brands have adopted the “green tires”, smart tires, and safety tires as the key targets for future development. This is another new strategic goal for China’s tire industry following the realization of radialization.

With the rapid development of the automotive industry, in recent years, China's tire industry has also achieved rapid development, tire production, exports, and the number of companies rank first in the world, forming a complete tire industry system. But unavoidable, the tire industry as a whole is "big but not strong." It is understood that China's tire products are still mainly concentrated in the low-end market. So far, we have not yet had a tire testing ground. In most of the tire value components, the manufacturing cost is significant, the technology is low, and the service value is less. In manufacturing costs, raw material costs dominate. In the case of domestic foreign dependence on natural rubber resources of more than 70%, China's tire industry transformation and upgrading task is arduous. There is still a big gap between the corporate image and brand image of China's tire industry and international brands. Exports are facing technical barriers such as tire labeling and trade frictions. At the same time, countries and regions such as the European Union and the United States have already begun to establish standards and decrees for green tires and have adopted mandatory technical specifications to promote them.

Fan Rende pointed out that according to the requirements of resource conservation and environmental protection, many countries have imposed higher requirements on tire performance, and more and more countries are brewing or have implemented tire label regulations. For example, since Japan began to implement the voluntary tire labeling system in 2010, the United States passed the regulations including the tire labeling regulations as early as six years ago, and the European Union and South Korea will implement the mandatory tire labeling regulations from November 1 this year. The global market share of green tires will increase by more than 15%.

Loss of standards restricts industrial development

Fan Rende said that China has only started in the development of similar standards and norms, and there are gaps with Europe, America and Japan. The fuzzy definition of China's green tires, lack of standards, and inadequate detection methods have restricted China's tire industry upgrading and product structure adjustment. This requires learning from the three-tier integration model of EU companies, governments, and associations, formulating national standards, granting certain subsidies to enterprises that meet standards, and promoting the industrialization of green tires in phases to promote technology upgrading in the tire industry, curb investment impulses, and boost industry. Concentration, enhance product international competitiveness, and enhance the international image of Chinese products.

According to the plan, in the future, companies that can produce green tires in China will have to reach 50%, and 25% of green tires produced by enterprises will exceed the target of ordinary radial tires. Although the industrialization of green tires is difficult, innovations in raw materials and processes are needed. However, to achieve tire product upgrades and increase international market share, the introduction of green tire standards and the improvement of relevant testing methods should be sooner rather than later.

According to the “2012-2016 China Tire Tire Market Analysis and Investment Prospects Report” issued by Champion Consulting, it shows that in the next few years, green tires will be the development direction of China's tire industry. With the formulation of the Green Tire Industrialization Regulations in line with China's national conditions, this means that China's green industrialization strategy has been officially launched and will set clear directions for industrial adjustment and technology upgrading in the tire industry.

Fan Rende said that at present, more than 40% of tires produced in China are exported, and the European Union is the largest export market for automobile tires in China. Although the EU REACH (chemical registration, assessment, licensing, and restrictions) and tire labeling regulations are typical non-tariff trade barriers. However, at the same time, it is also an important opportunity for the transformation and upgrading of China's tire industry. It forces China to adjust the industrial structure of the tire industry as soon as possible, implement a low-carbon economic strategy, and promote the development of green tire industrialization.

Green tyre self-discipline standard formulation starts

According to Fan Rende, the China Rubber Association has organized relevant companies to visit Europe and organized training on tire labeling. The next step will be to establish a green tire industrialization regulation in line with international conditions and in line with national conditions.

In addition, the China Rubber Association’s Technical and Economic Committee has recently established the “Green Tire Industry Research” task force and will complete the drafting of China's green tire self-discipline standards by the end of 2012, striving for the launch of “non-mandatory green tire grades” by the end of 2013. conditions of.

It is understood that in the green tire self-discipline standard, the concept of green tires not only includes the fuel-saving environmental protection of the product itself, but also includes the contents of green manufacturing and clean production, that is, the entire process of tire production practices the concept of green manufacturing, and the application cycle advocates green use. . Self-discipline standards will reflect the following requirements for green tires: use of environmentally friendly, non-toxic harmless raw materials complying with the EU REACH standards, the production process to achieve low energy consumption, low noise, low dust, low smoke, the product has low rolling resistance, low fuel consumption, Excellent handling stability, shorter braking distance, better wear resistance, renewability, etc.

Under this background, experts said that China's tire industry should change its pressure as a driving force, accelerate technological upgrading, promote structural adjustment, promote energy-saving and emission reduction, change the mode of development, and promote the transformation of the tire industry from “processing value added” to “design value added”. From "production-type value-added" to "service-type value-added", change from "doing a product" to "doing a brand" and relying on technological innovation to create a new productive model for the sustainable development of the tire industry.

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