PPO has already been widely applied in fields such as photovoltaics, automobiles, electronics, home appliances, and water treatment. In addition, PPO is also an important material in national strategic emerging industries, such as 5G communications, new energy vehicles, and integrated circuit chips. In recent years, the development speed of PPO has accelerated.

Below is an introduction to the major PPO material polymer production enterprises at home and abroad (in no particular order).

SABIC

In 2008, SABIC acquired GE's engineering plastics department for $11.6 billion, which included GE's PPE project and the world's most comprehensive range of PPO alloy types.

SABIC's NORYL™ SA90 and SA9000 resins are unique low molecular weight polyphenylene ether (PPE) telechelic copolymers that can be used as additives in high-performance copper clad laminates, improving the product's dielectric properties, dimensional stability, and mechanical properties.

NORYL™ SA90

NORYL™ SA90 is a dihydroxy functional oligomeric polyphenylene ether suitable for epoxy-containing low to mid loss PCBs.

NORYL™SA9000

NORYL™ SA9000 is a dipropenyl-terminated polyphenylene ether oligomer product suitable for non-epoxy low-loss PCBs. Last year, SABIC announced a doubling of the NORYL™ SA9000 specialty resin production capacity at its Indian plant to better support the rapidly growing demand for high-performance printed circuit boards (PCBs) used in 5G base stations and high-speed servers.

Japanese Mitsubishi Gas Chemical

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. is one of the world's renowned chemical enterprises, with a leading global advantage in the production process of ultra-pure electronic-grade and food-grade hydrogen peroxide. It mainly engages in the production and trading of inorganic and organic chemical products, petrochemical products, synthetic resins, synthetic rubbers, and other polymer products. Its products span multiple fields including chemicals, pharmaceuticals, food, health, and IT.

Mitsubishi Gas's ethylbenzene polyphenylene ether resin, trade name OPE-2St, has the characteristics of low dielectric constant and low dielectric loss, suitable for ultra-low loss copper clad laminates.

Asahi Kasei

Asahi Kasei produces PPE using 2,6-xylenol as the raw material, which is then mixed with various resins such as polystyrene (PS), polyamide (PA), polypropylene (PP), polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), and polyphthalamide (PPA) to create polymer alloys, offering a rich variety of material grades. It is one of the major global suppliers of low molecular weight PPO.

XYRON™ is Asahi Kasei's modified PPE (modified polyphenylene ether or mPPE) resin product series. It features excellent heat resistance, flame retardancy, electrical properties, dimensional stability, low water absorption, and light specific gravity.

Nantong Xingchen Synthetic Materials Co., Ltd.

In 2000, Bluestar Chemical New Materials Co., Ltd. and Nantong Synthetic Materials Factory jointly invested to establish Nantong Starry Synthetic Materials Co., Ltd. China Bluestar is currently the largest PPO manufacturer in the country, with BS009 and BS012 being low molecular weight PPO.