The concept of environmental protection has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Silica gel has gradually become the new favorite of electronic materials

With the concept of environmental protection deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, sulfur-containing, easy aging rubber and plastic materials are faced with finding alternative upgrading materials. When plastic accessories traditionally used for electronic products are applied to consumer electronics, silicone, a new material, has gradually become a new product. Chenfu International Co., Ltd., which participated in this year's IIC exhibition, seized the opportunity to successfully use silicone materials to win orders for Apple IPOD protective sleeves!

According to LinusGo, the marketing director of Chenfu International, Baichang Group, the parent company of Chenfu International, has been engaged in the rubber industry for more than 20 years. Previously, it provided rubber molding products for machinery, electronics and other industries. With the improvement of environmental protection regulations in Europe and the United States, manufacturers such as Apple have increased their requirements for supporting parts. In the past, rubber materials have been changed to non-toxic, tasteless, high temperature resistant, and unbreakable silica gel. Chenfu International just took the lead in capturing the market opportunity, developed a new material film with silica gel, and won the order of Apple IPOD. Environmental requirements such as lead-free and ROHS proposed by the industry are mainly aimed at components and SMT processing process. Today, European, American and Japanese manufacturers seem to go further. LinusGo said that in addition to Apple, Microsoft XBOX and Sony PS2/3 game console handles also intend to use silica gel instead of rubber. At present, Chenfu is negotiating with these manufacturers on business. Therefore, consumers can also accept silicone products more. Frank Liao, director of Chenfu International Product Development, told the reporter that besides environmental protection, durability and high temperature resistance, silicone products also have the advantages of good hand feel and convenient coloring, which is easy for consumers to accept after experience. At present, the silicone sleeves of mobile phones and MP3 players in the hands of ordinary people in China are everywhere. Frank believes that domestic manufacturers have also seen changes in consumers' requirements for materials based on the information communicated between some customers and IIC on-site customers. As for how to meet the increasing requirements of domestic manufacturers, Frank Liao said frankly that Chenfu International needs to find space for price adjustment, including using Japanese materials to replace German materials, increasing machine manufacturing processes to reduce costs, to meet the price needs different from those of international manufacturers.