In 2025, Rubber and Plastic Companies Are Increasing Investment Across Multiple Sectors

In 2025, the rubber and plastics industry is very active in investment, with a large number of companies investing in new projects in areas such as new material research and development, capacity expansion, green transformation, and cross-border layout.

On September 1st, Lianhong finalized plans to establish an overseas base in Malaysia to expand its global market. The company expects to invest 820 million Malaysian Ringgit in the first phase of the overseas base construction project in Johor. This project is located within the Malaysia-Singapore jointly developed Johor-Singapore Economic Zone. It is worth mentioning that during the Tianjin "SCO Summit," the company's delegation and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar exchanged views on issues such as project progress, technological cooperation, university-enterprise exchanges, and the in-depth development and utilization of local resources.

Lianlong is a leading global supplier of anti-aging additives for polymer materials, relying on six production bases to achieve a complete range of production capacity for anti-aging additive products, including antioxidants (RIANOX®), light stabilizers (RIASORB®), and overall solution optimization (U-pack®). In the future, with the successful completion and production of the Malaysia base, its global market expansion will further accelerate, continuously driving the company's high-quality development.

In July, Duken New Materials (Wuhan) Group Co., Ltd. officially signed a contract to invest 100 million yuan in the construction of a rubber and plastic insulation materials production base project in Nanfeng Town, Zhangjiagang City. The company focuses on energy-saving insulation in the field of cold and hot air duct transmission and pipelines. The project plans to build two production lines for rubber and plastic insulation materials, and upon reaching full production, it is expected to produce 100,000 cubic meters of rubber and plastic insulation materials annually, with an output value exceeding 200 million yuan.

In April, Shandong Yuelong Rubber & Plastic Technology Co., Ltd. announced the environmental impact assessment for its new floating oil delivery rubber hose production project. It is reported that the company plans to invest 142 million yuan to build a new production workshop of 8,620 square meters on the south side of the old Dong Factory site, and lease approximately 4,449 square meters on the east side of the existing production workshop in the south factory area of Shandong Yuelong Rubber & Plastic Co., Ltd., to establish a new floating oil delivery rubber hose production project. Once completed, the project will have an annual production capacity of 3,400 meters of floating oil delivery rubber hoses.

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Overall, the investment in the rubber and plastics industry in 2025 is active, resulting from the combined effects of market demand, policy support, technological breakthroughs, and green transformation. In the future, with the continued growth in demand for lightweighting of new energy vehicles and battery pack sealing, as well as the ongoing expansion of new application scenarios for rubber and plastic materials in fields such as medical care, construction, and consumer goods, an increasing number of rubber and plastics enterprises will intensify investment, pursue technological innovation, and engage in full industry chain layout and integration to enhance production efficiency and development resilience.