AKD Wax Powder (Alkyl Ketene Dimer) is a raw material for internal neutral sizing in papermaking. It is solid waxy and used after emulsification.

Advantages: Excellent hydrophobic effect, suitable for neutral papermaking, low dosage.Disadvantages: Delayed curing tendency, susceptible to hydrolysis, ordinary reinforcing performance.

It is often used together with styrene-acrylic surface sizing agent and starch, applicable to containerboard, corrugated paper and cultural paper.

The industry undergoes capacity consolidation. Large manufacturers possess superior technologies, while low-end products face fierce competition. Domestic substitution is basically completed.

Prices of upstream oil & fat raw materials fluctuate, so AKD prices adjust accordingly with order-by-order negotiation.

The combined sizing process of AKD plus styrene-acrylic surface sizing agent is widely promoted to balance water resistance and paper surface strength.

High-activity and hydrolysis-resistant AKD wax powder is gradually becoming mainstream; research on environmentally modified products continues.

Papermaking capacity expands in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Pakistan, driving growing export demand for domestic AKD wax powder.