The development of artificial quartz stone will open up a new situation in the stone industry
At present, the quartz stone product market is similar to the 20 year stone market, and the artificial stone market situation was similar 10 years ago. In the future, the market will increase at an annual rate of 500%, with huge market space.
Artificial quartz stone has become an emerging countertop material internationally, and more and more quartz stone products are entering consumer households in Europe and America. Especially at the 2006 Milan International Cabinet Exhibition, we can clearly feel this trend in the new products launched by famous brand cabinets from around the world. Most cabinet brands use quartz stone instead of natural stone for display. In terms of market channels, various brands mainly adopt self built channels and wholesale. The market size of the entire quartz stone is 300 million RMB, accounting for less than 1/75 of the entire international market
In 2010, the capacity of China's artificial stone market was 50 billion yuan, and quartz accounted for less than 10% of the artificial stone products. With more enterprises entering the quartz stone market, further improvement of production technology, and continuous maturity of the market, the quartz stone market was gradually activated, and consumer demand continued to increase. From the statistics of the cabinet industry, it can be seen that from 2005 to 2010, there will be a market capacity of 29 million sets of overall kitchen furniture in China, with an average of 5.8 million sets per year. If calculated based on an average of 10000 yuan per set, the proportion of cabinet countertops accounting for 40% of the cost, there will be a market space of 34.8 billion yuan per year for cabinet countertops alone. And quartz stone will become the mainstream product for cabinet countertops. With the application of bathroom countertops, tabletops, floors, walls and other fields, quartz stone will breed a huge industry.
Performance characteristics of quartz stone
1.Everlasting Brilliance: Quartz stone is synthesized under high-pressure power in a vacuum state, with a dense surface, no pores, no water absorption, and extremely strong stain resistance. Oils, sauces, vinegar, juice, coffee, etc. commonly used in kitchens are difficult to penetrate.
2. Scratch resistant: Quartz slab is extremely hard, with a Mohs hardness of 6 or above. Household items such as shovels, wallpaper knives, steel wire balls, and other ordinary iron objects cannot scratch or wear them (but it is necessary to avoid hard objects such as diamonds, quartz equipment, sandpaper, and hard alloys from forcefully scratching the surface).
3. Anti fading: Quartz stone slab pigment is mainly made of mineral materials, with strong anti fading ability. It is difficult to observe color changes with the naked eye when subjected to year-round local contrast irradiation under strong sunlight, and can basically be considered as a non fading material.
4. Burn resistant: The basic raw material of quartz stone is mainly quartz sand particles, and the melting point of quartz stone itself is above 1300 degrees. After adding a small amount of composite materials, its surface still has a relatively high resistance to burns. In families, it is often the hot cinders from cigarette butts or pot bottoms that burn the tabletop. Quartz has the ability to resist these burns and maintains a long-lasting smoothness, without any dents or spots.
5. Non toxic and non radiative: The raw material of quartz stone before artificial composite is natural quartz stone particles that have been selected and pickled, free from heavy metal impurities and radioactive problems, and the entire production process is not subjected to chemical treatment. It is a completely environmentally friendly material.
6. Corrosion resistance: Quartz stone has excellent acid resistance properties, and the commonly used acids in daily life are not enough to destroy it.