Glass Wool Exports Increase by 41% Year - on - Year, And Industry Competition Enters The "Efficiency Era"

In November 2025, China's glass wool and its products achieved striking export performance, with the export volume reaching 11,352.38 tons, a year - on - year surge of 41%. The export value stood at 137.892 million yuan, a mere 4% year - on - year increase, while the average export price dropped 26% from the same period last year.

The import data during the same period was also remarkable. The import volume reached 479.95 tons, a sharp year - on - year jump of 233%, and the import value was 14.0663 million yuan, up 74% year - on - year. However, the average import price fell 48% year - on - year, clearly showing the industry characteristic of rising volume coupled with falling prices.

This trend reflects profound industrial changes. While the global demand for thermal insulation materials remains strong, price competition has become increasingly fierce. According to the SNS Insider report on December 20th, the global thermal insulation materials market reached 64.61 billion US dollars in 2025 and will exceed 115.05 billion US dollars by 2033, with the US market hitting 24.94 billion US dollars by then. This has driven Chinese glass wool enterprises to shift their competitive focus to scale and cost control, making efficiency a core capability for their survival and development.

The fluffy nature of glass wool keeps logistics costs high, with 80% of such costs even spent on transporting "air", further highlighting the key role of automated production equipment in cost reduction and efficiency improvement.

Against this backdrop, enterprises like Tianjin Coteke Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd. have become representatives of the industry's implicit competitiveness. Boasting over 70% of the industry's market share, the company has launched end - to - end integrated solutions covering molding and packaging. Its "triple volume optimization" technology is particularly notable: the automatic blanket winding machine reduces the volume of each roll by 15% - 25%, the automatic board stacking machine achieves gap - free stacking, and the cotton baler can achieve a maximum compression ratio of 4:1, greatly cutting logistics costs.

Currently, the simple price - competing model is a thing of the past. The industry is rapidly shifting from "competing on price" to "competing on systems". Low - efficiency production capacity is being phased out gradually, and enterprises with automated production systems, full - process cost control capabilities and integrated system solutions will occupy a more favorable competitive position in the growing global thermal insulation materials market.

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