The first International Conference on the Development of New Materials (Fluorine and Silicone) Industry, jointly sponsored by China Association of Fluorine and Silicone Industry and Jiujiang Municipal Government and Undertaken by Elkem Xinghuo Silicones, was held recently in Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province.

The theme of this conference focuses on promoting the transformation and upgrading of China’s fluorine and silicone industry, a process of developing from a large industry to a strong one. Zhang Lijun, Senior Vice President of Elkem and General Manager of Elkem Xinghuo Silicones, was invited to Jiujiang to join leaders and related personnel such as Xie Yiping, Deputy Party Secretary of Jiujiang Municipal Party Committee and Mayor of Jiujiang, Lu Guixin, Deputy Inspector of Raw Materials Industry Department of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and Mitsuo Kira, President of Japanese Silicone Chemical Society. They held discussions on the development of China’s fluorine and silicone industry.

At the meeting, Zhang Lijun briefed on the development of Elkem Xinghuo Silicones, shared his thoughts on the development of silicone in China, and put forward suggestions on the green, intelligent, intensive, sustainable, and globalized development of the silicone industry in future. He advocated promoting the recycling economy of silicone products, realizing silicon-based full-green cycle, building intelligent factories and business chains, boosting intensive and cooperative development of silicone industry, maintaining sustained progress in the industry through innovation, and working together with customers to foster a globalization thinking to make greater contributions to the development of China’s fluorine and silicone industry.

This conference is a grand meeting held by China’s fluorine and silicone industry to promote the transformation and upgrading of enterprises, which is of great significance in continuously deepening the reform and strengthening the innovation-driven development of the fluorine and silicone industry. At the same time, the conference held a range of meetings and activities such as the 9th meeting of the 7th Standing Council of China Association of Fluorine and Silicone Industry and the 2018 Workshop for Safety and Environmental Protection of China’s Fluorine and Silicone Industry. In addition to the keynote forum on new international trends in the application of new fluorine and silicone materials, there are subforums on new fluorine and silicone materials and smart transportation as well as new fluorine and silicone materials and intelligent manufacturing. Afterward, representatives and industry experts went to Elkem Xinghuo Silicones for an on-site investigation.