Reflective materials, also known as regression reflective materials or retro-reflective materials. When light strikes the surface of the material, the reflective material can reflect most of the light back to the light source by focusing on a very small angle, forming the phenomenon of regression reflection. Due to the existence of the phenomenon of retro-reflection, people design a series of reflective materials, can significantly improve the visibility of the material itself, so that the personnel located in the light source is easier to find the target, effectively avoid the occurrence of related accidents, to ensure the safety of people and property. Based on the characteristics of reflective materials, they are mainly used in the production of transportation, automotive, advertising, clothing and other related fields.
1.Industry Definition
Reflective materials, also known as retro-reflective materials, reply reflective materials, are widely used in a variety of road traffic safety facilities such as traffic signs and markings, protruding road markings, contour markings, traffic cones, crash cartridges, and automobile number plates, safety clothing, safety helmets, safety shoes, safety work gloves,fire protection, railroads, water transport, mining, etc., which can be divided into reflective materials for traffic signs, reflective materials for road markings, protruding road markings, contour markings, reflective materials for clothing etc.
2, industry chain panorama
Reflective material industry chain upstream for raw materials, including PVC, PET, pigment and cloth base and other materials; midstream for the production of various types of reflective materials, mainly can be divided into reflective cloth and reflective film; downstream is the field of application, mainly including traffic signs, signs, license plates, reflective body marking and other areas of traffic safety; communications, electric power and other industries, infrastructure warning signs; firefighting, roadside police, police, security and rescue category of high-visibility warning materials. Rescue class high visibility warning clothing; civil market is mainly various types of clothing, shoes, hats, bags, billboards and other fields.
3.Market Scale
According to the data of Beijing R&F Bizhi Information Consulting Co., Ltd, the global reflective material market size is about 1.3 billion U.S. dollars in 2020, and grows to about 1.6 billion U.S. dollars in 2021. Overall, the global reflective material market size is driven by the continuous improvement of road traffic safety standards and the rapid development of the construction industry.
4.Market Structure
The global reflective materials market is mainly divided into three parts: road traffic sign reflective materials, body reflective materials and personal protection reflective materials. Road traffic sign reflective material is the main part of the market, accounting for more than 70% of the market share. Body reflective materials and personal protective reflective materials account for about 15% and 10% of the market share respectively.
5.Patent Application and Authorization
From 2010 to 2020, the number of patent applications in the global reflective material industry shows a growth trend. in 2021, the number of patent applications in the global reflective material industry decreases from 3,500 in 2020 to 1,700. In terms of patent authorization, in 2021, the number of patents authorized in the global reflective materials industry declines, about 880 items, the proportion of authorization is above 50%.
6.Patent legal status
At present, most of the global reflective material patents in the "trial" and "valid" state, t
he total number of reflective material patents for the two were about 18,900 and 5,000, accounting for 78% and 21% of the total number of global reflective material patents. In addition, the proportion of reflective material patents within the PCT period is about 1%.
