In December 2025, the ethyl silicone oil industry will usher in a wave of technological innovation. Through independent research and development and industry university research cooperation, multiple enterprises have made breakthroughs in improving material performance and optimizing production processes, injecting new momentum into the high-quality development of the industry.


Low ring technology: solving environmental problems
Traditional vinyl silicone oil requires an energy intensive secondary vulcanization process due to its high ring content, and its volatile substances are difficult to meet environmental regulations such as REACH and RoHS in the European Union. Yunnan Nengtou Silicon Material Technology Development Co., Ltd. has successfully developed "low ring vinyl silicone oil" through technological upgrades, achieving full process automatic and precise control, with an annual production capacity of 5000 tons. This product not only has excellent environmental performance, but also can stably output high-end low viscosity and low volatility silicone oil, which is widely used in fields such as electronic packaging and biomedicine. The breakthrough in low ring technology marks a crucial step for China's organic silicon materials to become green and high-end, "said the head of the company's R&D team


Modified silicone oil: expanding application boundaries
In order to meet the downstream market's demand for functional silicone oil, enterprises have increased their research and development efforts in modified silicone oil. The "Acrylic Modified Ethyl Silicone Oil IOTA 20571" launched by Anhui Aiyota Silicone Oil Co., Ltd. significantly improves the adhesion and weather resistance of silicone oil by introducing acrylic groups, and has been used in high-end coatings and adhesives. In addition, the "fluorinated ethyl silicone oil" developed by Xinyuan Chemical has become an ideal material for aerospace, nuclear industry and other fields due to its characteristics of ultra-low temperature resistance and radiation resistance. The preparation technology threshold for fluorinated silicone oil is high, and currently only a few domestic enterprises have the full production capacity of the entire industry chain. Through continuous innovation, we have formed a complete layout from raw materials to end products, "said Yu Pengfei, the manager of the company's business unit


Intelligent production: improving efficiency and quality
Under the trend of intelligent manufacturing, ethyl silicone oil production enterprises are accelerating their digital transformation. A chemical plant in Jiangxi has realized real-time monitoring of production processes and dynamic optimization of process parameters by introducing the "5G+Industrial Internet" platform. The product qualification rate has increased to 99.9%, and the energy consumption per unit output value has decreased by 18%. At the same time, industry standardization construction is also being promoted, and the newly added "Rubber Seal Surface Silicone Oil Content Detection Method" in the national drug packaging material standard provides a quality control basis for silicone oil applications in the pharmaceutical field.


Industry Trend: Innovation Leads, Global Competitiveness Enhances
Analysts point out that competition in the ethyl silicone oil industry has shifted from "scale expansion" to "technology driven". In the future, enterprises need to make efforts in the following directions: first, strengthen basic research and break through high-end material preparation technology; Secondly, deepen industry university research cooperation and accelerate the transformation of scientific and technological achievements; The third is to expand emerging application areas, such as liquid cooled silicone oil, silicon-based new materials, etc. With the promotion of the "anti involution" policy and the deepening of green transformation, China's ethyl silicone oil industry is expected to occupy a higher position in the global industrial chain, providing key material support for manufacturing upgrading and energy transformation.