In recent years, with the rapid development of downstream applications such as computers, electronic instruments and household appliances, the scale of electronic ceramics industry is growing day by day. According to statistics, the global market size of electronic ceramics has increased from 130 billion yuan in 2011 to 210 billion yuan in 2015, with a compound annual growth rate of 14%.
Electronic ceramics are advanced ceramic materials with unique electrical, optical and magnetic properties. They play a key role in the fields of electronics, communication and automation. According to the different range of use, it can be divided into fixed ceramics, electric vacuum ceramics, capacitor ceramics and resistance ceramics.
The upstream of the electronic ceramics industry chain includes electronic ceramics base powder, formula powder, etc., the middle of the electronic ceramics industry chain includes electronic ceramics materials and components, and the downstream applications include consumer electronics, automotive industry, communications, etc.
Due to higher technical barriers, the global electronic ceramics industry is mainly controlled by the United States, Japan and other developed countries. Among them, Japan’s electronic ceramics market share is the highest, accounting for more than half of the global proportion, and the most categories, the most extensive application fields, the best comprehensive performance.
Compared with developed countries, China’s electronic ceramics industry is still in its infancy, but it develops rapidly and has begun to take shape. A number of high-quality enterprises have emerged, and great progress has been made in related RESEARCH and development. Industrialization has been promoted in an orderly way, and import substitution has been gradually realized.
Especially with the support of manufacturing power strategy, electronic ceramics is expected to achieve greater development. In “Made in China 2025”, it is clear that electronic ceramics is a key strategic material for future development. “New material industry” 13th five-year “development plan” also proposed to accelerate the industrial application of electronic ceramics materials.
Under the policy support and promotion, the development of China’s electronic ceramics industry continues to be good. But compared with the international advanced level, domestic electronic ceramics still have a lot of room for improvement.
Specifically, the domestic production of products mainly exist several gaps: first, low added value products, limited technical content. Second, the performance index is inferior to foreign similar products. Third, the accuracy of equipment is poor, and high-end equipment depends on imports. Fourth, the combination of production, learning and research is not close, and the transformation of laboratory results is difficult.
In this regard, China should pay attention to solve the above problems, break through the key core technology constraints, effectively improve the electronic ceramics industry generic technology innovation level, and promote the development of electronic ceramics industry into a new stage.
In general, driven by the continuous growth of downstream demand, the application field of electronic ceramics will continue to expand, and the industrial scale will continue to expand. The segmentation fields such as high voltage electric porcelain, ceramic core, ceramic diaphragm, ceramic packaging base, ceramic substrate, ceramic capacitor and microwave dielectric ceramics are expected to take the lead in benefiting from the broad prospects.