The Wall Panel Market Is Chaotic, Experts Call For The Introduction Of Standard Specifications

Jul 04, 2022

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With the upgrade of home decoration, the finished product rate of decorative materials is getting higher and higher, and the popularity of whole-house customization in recent years has brought fire a new category of finished building materials-wall panels.


The data shows that the wall panel market has reached 100 billion level. Since 2015, it has grown at a development rate of 6-10% every year. As an important part of prefabricated buildings, prefabricated wall panels have broad market prospects.


According to the calculation of Xingzheng Research, the prefabricated decoration market will reach 632.7 billion yuan in 2025, with an annual compound growth rate of 38.26%. At the same time, according to national requirements, prefabricated buildings should reach a 30% assembly rate in 2025.


It is not difficult to see that the wallboard industry has become a recognized blue ocean market in the industry, and various material manufacturers have quickly deployed wallboard production and sales. However, due to the lack of standards and lack of management in the current wallboard industry, there have been industry chaos such as confusion of names, inferior materials, hidden dangers of environmental protection, and disorderly development of wallboard products.


The disorderly development of the wall panel market


It is understood that the wall panels are mainly used for the whole house customized integrated wall, TV background wall, sofa background wall, bedroom background wall and other scenes. Calcium board, calcium carbonate board, solid wood board, density board, particle board, rock board, aluminum honeycomb board, etc., the price ranges from ten yuan to thousands of yuan. Since there is no wall panel standard, the material and texture of the wall panel with the same title are also very different.

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According to industry insiders, bamboo and wood fiber wallboards that are currently sold are relatively cheap, but many products belong to the category of PVC wallboards. Fiber" wallboard or "vegetable fiber" wallboard with confusing names and materials.


At the same time, other material wall panels sold on the market also have various problems. For example, solid wood wallboard is environmentally friendly, but the disadvantage is that the moisture content and expansion and shrinkage coefficient of different wood species are different, and the cracking and deformation problems are difficult to solve; most of the wooden door, cabinet and floor enterprises use existing equipment to produce wallboard, with fiberboard, Particle board and other veneer as the base material are used as wallboard, there is the problem of moisture resistance and increasing the amount of board, which may lead to environmental protection exceeding the standard.


In the eyes of industry insiders, wallboard (wood veneer) was a commonly used category in European-style decoration in the early 1990s, but due to the mixed quality of wallboard manufacturers, the industry has always regarded it as a "chicken rib". In recent years, the rise of whole-house customization has given wallboards new opportunities for development. After nearly 30 years of development, wallboards have made great progress in their types, craftsmanship and quality, but the disorderly state that plagues the industry is still unsettled. can change.


Industry standards should be introduced


Although the current market for wall panels has reached hundreds of billions, the disordered state limits its development.


According to Wu Shengfu, Vice President of China Forest Products Industry Association, the penetration rate of wall panels in hotels, restaurants and other tooling markets is about 60%, and in some areas it even reaches more than 80%. The amount of wall panels in the tooling market has reached 100 billion. .


"In the home improvement market, the penetration rate of mid-to-high-end decoration wall panels is about 90%, and the market size of the home improvement market is about 50 billion. However, due to the lack of production standards, branded production cannot be formed." Wu Shengfu said.


In addition, the production of wallboard industry has not been paid much attention. According to relevant surveys, at present, wooden door, floor and furniture customization enterprises can produce so-called wall panels, that is, using the existing equipment and technology of the enterprise, to produce and sell wall panels with the same color and process as the existing products.


This kind of wallboard has the advantage of consistent color, but because the wallboard has a special form in terms of area, thickness, shape, etc., the requirements for environmental protection, structure and other standards are more stringent, and the problems caused by the non-professional characteristics of existing products It will appear more and more, and thus affect the healthy development of the industry.


At the same time, the environmental protection and stability of wall panels have not been recognized, and some industries will hinder the development of wall panels. According to the survey, many home improvement consumers refuse to use wallboards because the total amount of pollution such as formaldehyde exceeds the standard; designers are also unable to push wallboards to the owners because they are not sure about the environmental protection and stability of wallboards.


And decoration companies recommend more traditional wall decoration materials, because decorative wall panels will definitely reduce the working hours of traditional painters and reduce the profits of decoration companies. Decoration companies do not advocate the use of wall panels.


At present, the wallboards are classified into solid wood wallboards, solid wood composite wallboards, bamboo and wood fiber wallboards, composite wallboards, biomass wallboards, aluminum-plastic wallboards, anti-beite wallboards, and slate wallboards according to their materials.


There are no relevant national standards or industry standards for any type of wallboard, and there are no relevant construction specifications and requirements for the installation of wallboards.


Facing the mixed market environment, Hu Zhongxin, Deputy Secretary-General of China Forestry Products Industry Association, believes that wallboard has always been a neglected industry, and there are indeed many problems in its development. Based on this, the Wall Materials and Wall Decoration Branch of China Forestry Products Industry Association and well-known home furnishing stores have launched a pilot project to standardize wall panels.


For example, in 2022, the association will build a wall panel area in the flagship mall of Jimei Home Furnishings Dahongmen, aiming to establish a new landmark in the industry. In addition to wall panels and wall decoration materials, it will also focus on displaying environmentally friendly accessories, such as Lanyu wallpaper accessories, wallboard professional glue, etc., to fully promote environmentally friendly accessories and environmentally friendly processes.

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