Five departments issue new regulations: upgrading industry standards, what does it mean for insulation and building materials factories

In 2026, China's building insulation materials industry will undergo significant changes. The "Standard Conditions for Building Insulation Materials Industry (2025 Edition)" jointly issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development and other five departments has been officially implemented. This policy document sets a higher entry threshold for the industry and promotes its transformation towards scale, greenness and intelligence. For building materials enterprises, this is not only a challenge, but also an important opportunity for transformation and upgrading.

Core requirement of the new regulations: significant increase in production capacity and scale

The new standard conditions have put forward clear requirements for the single line scale and annual production capacity of different insulation materials:

The single line scale of rock wool products shall not be less than 30000 tons/year, which is significantly higher than the previous standard

The single line scale of glass wool products shall not be less than 8000 tons/year

The annual production scale of a single plant of polystyrene foam plastics is not less than 240000m3/year

Rigid polyurethane foam plastic not less than 80000 m3/year

Vacuum insulation board not less than 1 million square meters per year

These indicators are far higher than the industry average, which will directly accelerate the elimination of small and medium-sized, technologically backward production capacity, and promote the optimization of industrial structure in sub sectors such as rock wool and glass wool. For enterprises that hope to stand firm in the industry reshuffle, improving production capacity efficiency and achieving intelligent production have become inevitable choices.

Environmental Protection and Safety: Green Production Becomes a Hard Standard

The new regulations strictly prohibit the use of the phased out ozone depleting substance trichlorofluoromethane (CFCs) as a foaming agent and require the non use of hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) flame retardant. At the same time, the comprehensive energy consumption of rock wool unit products must comply with the admission value requirements of the national standard "Energy Consumption Limits for Rock Wool, Slag Wool and Its Products Unit Products" (GB 30183). These regulations reflect the higher requirements of the country for green building material certification and intrinsic safety, forcing enterprises to carry out technological transformation.

In this context, how to reduce energy consumption and improve production efficiency while meeting environmental standards? Intelligent devices and systems have become the key to breaking the deadlock. Through automated packaging equipment, intelligent warehousing and logistics systems, and full process information management, enterprises can achieve precise control, reduce waste, and achieve green benchmark product values.

Zhongchen Intelligence: Assisting Enterprises in Achieving Compliance and Upgrading

Tianjin Coteke Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd., as a leading enterprise in the field of intelligent manufacturing of building materials, has provided smart factory solutions to over 1000 enterprises in more than 20 countries and regions worldwide. In the insulation and building materials industry, Zhongchen Intelligent Products has a market share of over 70%, covering multiple sub sectors such as rock wool, glass wool, rubber and plastic, and extruded polystyrene boards.

The core advantages of Zhongchen Intelligent are:

Full process intelligence: from raw materials, melting, solidification, packaging to palletizing, inbound and outbound, realizing unmanned operation throughout the entire process, greatly improving production capacity and efficiency

Information System Integration: Provide the design and implementation of core information systems such as ERP, WES, WMS, APS, MDIS, etc., to help enterprises achieve refined management

Whole line delivery capability: Starting new business in 2024, responsible for the design planning, equipment manufacturing and installation, commissioning and operation of intelligent green factories, providing a complete set of engineering design and proprietary technology

Energy saving and consumption reducing technology: Optimizing production processes through intelligent control systems to help enterprises meet or even exceed GB 30183 energy consumption standards

Taking rock wool production as an example, Zhongchen Intelligent can provide enterprises with fully automated production lines from melting to packaging. Combined with intelligent warehousing systems, it can not only ensure a single line production capacity of over 30000 tons per year, but also monitor energy consumption indicators in real-time through data-driven management, achieving green production goals.

Intelligent Loading: Breakthroughs in Safety and Efficiency in Special Scenarios

In the logistics process of building insulation materials, loading efficiency and safety are equally crucial. Zhongchen Intelligent established the Intelligent Loading Division in 2019 and launched a series of fully automatic intelligent loading machines, mainly targeting the mortar, cement, putty powder, gypsum powder, and basic chemical industries. The control system with independent intellectual property rights has a one click operation function, which can achieve automatic car searching, automatic calculation of stack shape, automatic loading, and real-time information uploading.

Especially in high-risk and high pollution special operation scenarios such as chemical and mining industries, Zhongchen Intelligent has successfully broken through the safety and efficiency bottlenecks of traditional loading and unloading through customized solutions, ensuring personnel safety and production continuity.

Future outlook: Intelligence is an inevitable trend in the industry

The implementation of the "Standard Conditions for Building Insulation Materials Industry (2025 Edition)" marks a new stage of high-quality development for the building materials industry. Although this regulation is not mandatory, its guiding role is extremely strong, providing important reference for local governments and financial institutions. If enterprises can successfully pass the evaluation of "standardized enterprises" or even "leading standardized enterprises", they will gain significant advantages in policy support, financing convenience, and other aspects.

For building materials enterprises, embracing intelligent and green transformation is not only a passive choice to respond to policy requirements, but also an active strategy to enhance competitiveness and achieve sustainable development. Zhongchen Intelligent has the vision of "becoming a world leader in intelligent packaging equipment", adhering to the values of innovation, responsibility, hard work, and professionalism, and is committed to providing the most professional intelligent manufacturing solutions for global building materials enterprises.

Driven by new regulations, intelligence has become an inevitable choice for the building insulation materials industry. Join hands with Zhongchen Intelligence to create a beautiful future of green and smart factories.

FAQ Frequently Asked Questions

Q1: What are the specific impacts of the official implementation of the "Standard Conditions for Building Insulation Materials Industry (2025 Edition)" on enterprises?

A: The new regulatory conditions have raised the entry threshold for the industry, with the main impacts including: (1) a significant increase in production capacity requirements, such as the elimination of small-scale production capacity for rock wool single lines with a capacity of no less than 30000 tons per year; (2) Stricter environmental standards have been implemented, prohibiting the use of CFCs as foaming agents and HBCD flame retardants; (3) Quantification of energy consumption indicators, rock wool needs to comply with the GB 30183 standard. Although regulations are not mandatory, companies evaluated through "regulated enterprises" will gain advantages in policy support, financing, and other aspects. Enterprises need to meet new requirements through technological transformation and intelligent upgrading.

Q2: Can Zhongchen Intelligent's rock wool and glass wool production line help enterprises achieve a production capacity standard of 30000 tons?

A: Absolutely possible. Zhongchen Intelligent provides full process intelligent solutions for rock wool and glass wool enterprises, covering a complete production line from melting, solidification, stacking, packaging to palletizing, and in/out warehousing. By combining automated equipment with intelligent control systems, production efficiency and capacity utilization can be significantly improved, ensuring that single line production capacity reaches or even exceeds the standard of 30000 tons per year. At the same time, our information systems (ERP, WMS, APS, etc.) can monitor production data in real-time, helping enterprises achieve refined management and continuous optimization.

Q3: What are the technological advantages of Zhongchen Intelligent in energy conservation and consumption reduction?

A: Zhongchen Intelligent optimizes the production process through an intelligent control system, achieving precise management and efficient utilization of energy. Specific advantages include: (1) Intelligent devices reduce manual intervention and energy waste; (2) The data-driven monitoring system tracks energy consumption indicators in real time, identifies and solves problems in a timely manner; (3) Full process automation reduces intermediate losses; (4) Cooperate with green production processes to help enterprises achieve the GB 30183 energy consumption admission value, and even reach the green benchmark product value. We have successfully implemented energy-saving renovation projects for multiple enterprises.

Q4: What value can intelligent warehousing and logistics systems bring to building materials enterprises?

A: The intelligent warehousing and logistics system can significantly improve the operational efficiency and management level of enterprises: (1) reduce labor costs: automated palletizing and inbound/outbound significantly reduce labor demand; (2) Improve accuracy: Implement precise inventory management through the WMS system to reduce errors and omissions in shipments; (3) Optimize space utilization: intelligently plan storage solutions to improve warehouse space utilization; (4) Accelerate turnover speed: automate processes to shorten inbound and outbound time and improve logistics efficiency; (5) Data Transparency: Real time monitoring of inventory dynamics to support scientific decision-making. Zhongchen Intelligent has rich experience in implementing intelligent warehousing in the building materials industry.

Q5: What scenarios is Zhongchen Intelligent's intelligent loading robot suitable for?

A: Zhongchen Intelligent's intelligent loading machine is mainly aimed at the mortar, cement, putty powder, gypsum powder and basic chemical industries, and can also be applied to industries such as fertilizers, grain and oil, dairy products, etc. Specially suitable for the following scenarios: (1) diversified loading needs of bagged, boxed, and palletized products; (2) High risk and high pollution environments such as chemical and mining industries ensure personnel safety through unmanned operations; (3) Large scale logistics scenarios that require improved loading efficiency and accuracy. The system has functions such as one click operation, automatic vehicle search, automatic stack shape calculation, and real-time information upload, significantly improving loading efficiency and safety.

Q6: Can Zhongchen Intelligent provide full line delivery services? What content is included?

A: Okay. In 2024, Zhongchen Intelligent will launch a full line delivery service, providing one-stop solutions for intelligent green factories. The service content includes: (1) Factory design and planning: from top-level design to detailed layout; (2) Equipment manufacturing and installation: Provide a complete set of production line equipment and installation services; (3) Debugging and operation: Ensure that the equipment operates normally and reaches the design capacity; (4) Technical support: Provide engineering design, proprietary technology, operational training, etc; (5) Document delivery: including complete documents such as factory facility specifications, raw material procurement specifications, environmental protection documents, quality control organization, training plans, etc. Suitable for mineral wool (rock wool, glass wool) and related product production lines.

Q7: What are the successful cases of Zhongchen Intelligence worldwide?

A: Zhongchen Intelligence has provided smart factory solutions to over 1000 enterprises in more than 20 countries and regions around the world, with customers located in Spain, India, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, and other places. In the domestic insulation and building materials industry, Zhongchen Intelligent Products has a market share of over 70%, covering multiple sub sectors such as rock wool, glass wool, rubber and plastic, extruded polystyrene board, mortar, etc. The company has won honors such as Tianjin Specialized, Refined, Unique and New, and Gazelle Enterprise. It is also the vice chairman unit of the China Thermal Insulation Energy saving Materials Association and the vice chairman unit of the Global Intelligent Loading and Unloading Robot Alliance. Our rich industry experience and successful cases are the guarantee for us to provide high-quality services to our customers.