China News Service Client, Beijing, April 22 (Zuo Yukun) With the improvement of the domestic epidemic situation and the advancement of enterprises to resume production, it is not difficult to find that masks can be easily purchased in pharmacies and supermarkets. But looking at the world, the mask gap still exists, and various mask-related enterprises are still producing more horsepower.
But recently, the most popular raw material manufacturer of masks has to "alarm"? what happened?
Pedestrians wearing masks on the streets of Berlin. China News Service reporter Peng Dawei
"Comrade police, someone has to give me money!"
What is a "strong" company? On April 15th, a mask material company in Dongguan fired because of the strong announcement of "I will call the police if I give me more money."
The original text of the announcement stated, "All payments that have not been made with our company to make an order contract will be invalid. Those who still transfer by force after the refund of our company will report to the market supervision bureau as appropriate, or report to the public security organ for treatment."
Netizens said: "In just one announcement, I actually read a kind of domineering president 'Go away, you damn banknotes!' Breath."
The companies affected by the epidemic were too late to expand their orders. The reason why this company is so arrogant is because it is an important material for the production of global popular masks-non-woven fabric.
It is understood that the company that issued the announcement is called Dongguan Hengda Cloth Co., Ltd. The main products are various non-woven materials, which are widely used in masks, filters, medical and sanitary materials, etc. As the company said in the announcement: "Because of the backlog of pre-orders, we exceeded our production capacity for more than 2 months, which brought a heavy burden to the company. Our company has stopped taking orders since April 1, and negotiated with some old customers to refund Cancel some orders. "
With the spread of the epidemic abroad and the change in the concept of foreigners not wearing masks, the global demand for masks has skyrocketed, and the order for mask materials has also increased sporadically, completely exceeding the company's normal load, and this must be given. ".
Recently, more than one company wants to "alarm" because of masks.
"See who is reselling Sinopec meltblown cloth, without saying a word, call the police!" On the 17th, Sinopec's official Weibo sent two Weibo in a row to crack down. Various domestic mask production lines have been built, and the main raw materials for the production of masks have been in short supply of meltblown fabrics. Various versions of Sinopec meltblown fabrics supply information are circulating on the Internet.
The fake "Sinopec Outbound Delivery List (Provincial Report)" circulating on the Internet. Image source: Sinopec official Weibo
"Recently, there is a wave of people in the circle of friends who say that their relatives and friends are at Sinopec and they can get raw materials for melt-blown cloth. These are all false information. The melt-blown cloth of Sinopec cooperates with the local government to supply enterprises without commissioning any unit or individual , Please pay attention to prevent fraud! "Sinopec said in the announcement.
What makes people cry even more is that at noon on the 16th, Sinopec's official Weibo also published a rumors Weibo, saying that recently a scammer not only faked Sinopec's goods, but also faked the packaging of Sinopec's melt-blown materials. A bag can Fried to 200 yuan.
Netizens who singularly sighed: "There is a way for one person, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven". In the mask industry, this is a kind of "cloth" and the clothes are popular!
Behind the crazy announcement is the crazy market
The reason for the madness of the mask circle is that the price of the "mask heart" meltblown cloth is high and you can buy it if you don't want to buy it.
According to national regulations, medical masks contain at least 3 layers of non-woven fabrics. The melt-blown cloth with filterability, barrier property, thermal insulation property and adsorption property is just the filter layer in the middle of the medical mask, which is the "heart" of the mask.
In contrast to the vast market space for masks, the output of melt-blown cloth is in short supply.
At about 21:00 on April 15th, the first meltblown fabric production line in Gansu Province was completed at CNPC Lanzhou Petrochemical Company, and the product was successfully rolled off the assembly line. Photo by Liu Yanzhi
Due to the long production and construction cycle, high technical threshold, and high cost, meltblown cloth is originally a partial material in the chemical industry. According to statistics from the China Industrial Textile Industry Association, China, as the world's largest nonwoven fabric producer, produced only 53,500 tons of meltblown fabric in 2018.
Sinopec also said that the current daily output of Sinopec meltblown cloth is 16.5 tons. Even if all 16 meltblown fabric production lines were put into operation by the end of May, plus the holding company's 5 tons / day production capacity, Sinopec's meltblown fabric production capacity was only 35 tons / day, and they all cooperated with local governments to supply enterprises.
The output is low and there is no way to buy. The price of melt-blown fabrics has risen from the original 16,000 to a maximum of 690,000, a 40-fold increase in less than half a year.
Faced with the cruel reality of not being able to buy regular meltblown fabrics, many irregular mask manufacturers ventured out of the way and spawned a huge cottage meltblown hype market.
The special material for melt-blown cloth is high melt index polypropylene with a melt index of 1500g / 10min, which is generally called "melt index 1500" or "1500" in the market. It can effectively use static electricity to adsorb virus dust and droplets. The higher the melt index of polypropylene, the finer the melt-blown fibers and the better the filterability of the melt-blown cloth.
The "smart" people quickly found its "substitute"-not just lack of melt spray material, in fact, fiber material can also make up.
The high melt index fiber material is represented by Secco S2040 with a melt index of about 40g / 10min. It is not a special material for melt-blown cloth, but due to the scarcity of raw materials for melt index 1500, and Secco S2040 is a high-end product in high melt index fiber, so it became famous and opened all the way, and the price was soaring. 7000 yuan / ton all the way up to tens of thousands of tons.
Under the epidemic situation, the production of N95 and other masks that can isolate viruses requires a melt-blown cloth with a melt index of 1500. The high melt index fiber is far from meeting this standard, and the market madness has also scared the manufacturers.
On April 13, Shanghai Secco issued an emergency statement stating that Shanghai Secco has never explicitly or defaulted to any market and users that S2040 polypropylene products can be processed and applied in the field of meltblown nonwoven fabrics. No guarantee is provided for these special or individual uses.
zero tolerance! Resolutely crack down and accelerate the "fever reduction"
"Tomorrow's ton auction price is estimated to be 30,000, which is simply a money printing machine!" "Now you can change the S2040, you can arbitrage 2 million yuan." Industry insiders are infinitely emotional about the crazy polypropylene market.
As early as the beginning of China's comprehensive epidemic prevention, the State Administration for Market Supervision and others issued a clear statement that no one or any organization should take the opportunity to speculate on epidemic prevention materials. Due to the irrational increase in the price of polypropylene, relevant departments have begun to introduce measures to regulate the mask and melt-blown cloth production market.
Lanzhou Petrochemical employees worked overtime to complete the construction of the meltblown fabric production line. Photo by Liu Yanzhi
Because of the market demand for blowouts and scalping business rampant, Jiangsu Yangzhong, which originally had several melt-blown cloth factories, suddenly became the "town of melt-blown cloth". Under the myth of meltblown cloth making wealth, a large number of small workshops have emerged. According to the "Yangzhong release" news from the official platform of the Yangzhong Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, as of April 10, a total of 867 enterprises involved in the production and sale of meltblown fabrics were registered in the city.
On April 15, the Jiangsu Provincial Market Supervision Administration issued a document saying that the "shock" therapy of the melt-blown cloth industry will be implemented throughout the city of Yangzhong, strictly implementing the "three uniform" requirements in place: those that use family workshops for production will be banned ; If there are no legal and compliant production and operation procedures, they will be shut down; if there are hidden safety hazards and environmental protection is not customs, all businesses will be closed for rectification.
As of the evening of April 15th, all melt-blown cloth production and operation enterprises in Yangzhong City have been completely closed for rectification.
On April 17, the Ministry of Public Security issued a document revealing that, in response to the increase in the criminal activity of melt-blown cloth for the core raw materials of reselling production masks, the Ministry of Public Security deployed a special crackdown operation, cracking 20 cases and arresting 42 criminal suspects, involving 34.45 million yuan yuan.
The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Public Security stated that the public security organs will always maintain a "zero tolerance" against illegal crimes involving epidemic-protection materials and unswervingly and severely crack down on illegal activities such as price hikes and hoarding.
The "mask bubble" burst, and the meltblown cloth market, which is about to be "bad", is finally waiting to cool down. (Finish)