In recent years, the global construction industry has been experiencing an unprecedented wave of development. According to statistics from authoritative institutions, driven by the accelerated urbanization process in emerging economies and the demand for infrastructure renewal in developed countries, the annual growth rate of the global construction industry has stabilized at 3.5%. In 2024 alone, the global construction market size has exceeded 12 trillion US dollars. At the same time, with the in-depth promotion of the Paris Agreement on a global scale, countries have continuously increased their support policies for environmentally friendly building materials, and the environmentally friendly building materials market has shown an explosive growth trend, with an annual growth rate of up to 12%. Against this background, PVC wood-plastic skirt boards, which have both the natural texture of wood and the excellent performance of plastics, have become the "new favorite" in the field of building decoration with their environmental advantages of zero formaldehyde release, a recyclable rate of over 85%, and practical characteristics such as moisture-proof, fire-proof, and strong weather resistance, and their demand in overseas markets continues to rise. Sure Plastic Machinery has grasped the pulse of this market with its industry insights gained from more than 20 years of deep cultivation in the field of plastic machinery. Its independently developed PVC skirt board production line has shown strong competitiveness and huge potential in the overseas market with its leading technical level and excellent product quality.
In the North American market, the United States is the world's largest importer of PVC flooring and other covering materials, with an annual import value of over 8 billion US dollars. Its construction industry has diverse demands for decorative materials, and environmentally friendly and durable PVC wood-plastic skirt boards are highly favored; Canada's construction market is active, and PVC wood-plastic skirt boards have a 7% market share in the country's building decoration materials market due to their moisture-proof and weather-resistant properties. In Europe, Germany's construction industry has strict environmental protection requirements, with green building materials accounting for over 60%, and there is a strong market demand for PVC wood-plastic skirt boards that meet the standards; the British construction market has a high acceptance of new building materials, and the application of PVC wood-plastic skirt boards in indoor and outdoor decoration projects has increased by an average of 15% per year in the past three years; France has a diverse architectural style and a large demand for personalized decorative materials. With its diverse designs, the market size of PVC wood-plastic skirt boards has exceeded 300 million euros. In the Asia-Pacific region, China is the world's largest PVC producer, with an annual output of over 20 million tons. The domestic construction market is huge and a large number of products are exported. Due to frequent earthquakes, Japan has high requirements for the seismic resistance of building materials. PVC wood-plastic skirt boards account for 18% of the country's seismic building materials market. The Korean construction market is developing rapidly. With policy support, the demand for environmentally friendly building materials has increased by 18% annually. PVC wood-plastic skirt boards meet consumers' pursuit of quality decoration. In addition, urbanization in Southeast Asia has accelerated, and construction projects have surged. The annual growth rate of PVC wood-plastic skirt boards in the local market has reached 22%; in the Middle East, such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, high-end construction projects have a strong demand for weather-resistant and beautiful PVC wood-plastic skirt boards, and the market potential exceeds US$1 billion.
Sure Plastic Machinery's PVC skirt board production line stands out in such a market environment. In terms of production efficiency, its high-efficiency screw has a 40% increase in plasticizing capacity compared to traditional screws, and the unit time output can reach 300-500 kg per hour, meeting the needs of large-scale overseas orders. In terms of product quality control, the extrusion die head adopts a special double throttling design, and the thickness error of the skirt board can be controlled within ±0.1 mm, far exceeding the industry standard of ±0.3 mm; after third-party testing, the waterproof rate of the PVC skirt board produced by it reached 98.7%, and the moisture-proof performance makes the board expand only 0.3% in 72 hours under an environment with 80% humidity. The anti-insect ability has been professionally tested and there is no insect infestation within 5 years, and the service life is more than 25 years. In terms of equipment operation and maintenance, the mobile casters are equipped to increase the handling efficiency by 60%, and the detachable design shortens the maintenance time by 50%, reducing the customer's use cost.
Sure Plastic Machinery's professional team is also its core competitiveness. The R&D team has customized production lines for more than 30 countries and regions, and successfully introduced products into the US LEED certification project and the German DGNB green building system; the after-sales team has established a 24-hour response mechanism and set up 50 service outlets around the world, with a customer satisfaction rate of 97%. In the future, Sure Plastic Machinery will continue to increase its R&D investment, and plans to increase the automation level of its production lines to 90% within three years, further expand overseas markets, and strive to occupy 20% of the global PVC wood-plastic skirt board market, injecting new impetus into the development of the global building decoration industry.
