According to GEP Research statistics, by the end of 2025, the global conductive plastic market had exceeded 8.5 billion US dollars, and China accounted for about 38 percent of the market share. With the rapid development of new energy vehicles, flexible electronics, humanoid robots, intelligent packaging, biomedical engineering and other industries, every outlet is creating explosive demand for conductive plastics.

But are you really ready for the opportunity? When you try to improve the electrical conductivity of the product, are you repeatedly troubled by these problems:

-How to balance electrical conductivity and mechanical properties? -- If you want better conductivity, you often need to add more conductive agents. However, if the addition amount is too high, the physical properties of the material will be affected, and the tensile strength and elongation at break will decrease.

-How to achieve better dispersion at low cost? -- Conductive carbon black has the characteristic of easy agglomeration and is difficult to evenly disperse in the plastic matrix. At this time, special processing technology and dispersant are often needed, but this increases the production cost and complexity.

-How to reduce the processing viscosity to reduce the risk of plastic degradation? -- In conductive material, the amount of conductive agent is relatively high, the material viscosity is high, and the fluidity is poor, which increases the difficulty of extrusion, injection molding and other processes. This will force enterprises to raise the processing temperature, thus causing the risk of plastic degradation.

-Why are surface defects always "haunted"? -- The hygroscopicity of conductive carbon black will affect the processing stability of plastics and the appearance quality of final products, especially in applications with high surface requirements such as blown film and extruded sheet, conductive material after moisture absorption, it is easy to cause defects such as bubbles and rough surface.

As the world's leading special chemicals and high-performance materials company, Cabot is currently one of the few special conductive carbon black product combinations in the world, as well as conductive additives of carbon nanotubes (CNT), at the same time, it can also produce pigment Carbon Black, Black Masterbatch, gas phase metal oxide and aerogel enterprises. With its rich product portfolio and profound technology accumulation, Cabot provides a variety of practical solutions to the above problems-solving more problems in a more efficient way.

For example, its VULCAN®XCmax™22 superconducting electric Carbon black is a conductive product with extremely low hygroscopicity. Compared with conventional conductive carbon black, its addition amount can be reduced by up to 50%. While achieving the target conductivity, it reduces the impact on the mechanical properties of materials to the greatest extent and provides more stable material selection for high-performance applications such as automobiles, industrial equipment, medical electronics, etc. VULCAN®XC615 conductive carbon black also has significantly lower hygroscopicity, which can effectively reduce particle defects caused by moisture during processing and improve product surface flatness. It is mainly suitable for electrostatic dissipation (ESD) applications or applications that require electrostatic discharge protection. In the field of cable shielding materials, VULCAN®XC500 conductive carbon black, as the flagship product, has excellent dispersibility, low ionic impurities and low sulfur content, which can effectively avoid premature failure of cables due to "water tree" phenomenon and ensure the long-term reliability of cables.

If you are still struggling with the "long-standing problem" in the development of conductive material, this seminar is worth an hour. On April 10, 2026, from 14:00 to 15:00, Dr. Gao Xiang, R & D manager of Cabot Asia Pacific R & D center, will be invited to be a guest in rongge's online class. Don't talk about empty talk, just talk about dry goods: What is the development trend of conductive material? What practical problems can Cabot's product portfolio help you solve? What can Cabot's innovative application case inspire you? The registration channel has been opened and seats are limited. Don't let other products run faster than you!