Surge in Fixing Agent Demand: Key Component Enhancing Dye Color Fastness Across Multiple Industries

The global fixing agent industry size was worth USD 2.97 Billion in the year 2021 and is expected to reach USD 5.24 Billion by the year 2032 at a CAGR of 5.3% between 2022 and 2032.

The overall application areas of fixing agents include dyestuff business, polymer vertical, food and beverages vertical, chemicals, and likewise. Cationic dye-fixing agent tends to have higher molecular weight. It’s used to fix cellulose dyed/printed with direct and reactive. Textile chemicals are also being increasingly used in home furnishings in the construction industry. With a growing inclination toward high-class clothes, the global fixing agent market is likely to grow on a remarkable note in the near future.

Fixing agents is in huge demand as it’s amongst the key components in the printing and dyeing industries; as it helps in the improvement of dye color fastness. Both – liquid and solid forms (anionic and cationic) of fixing agents are preferred as per convenience. Textile verticals have faced revolutionary alterations of late; with textile patterns changing due to technical enhancements and altering fashion trends. This factor is expected to catalyze the fixing agent market going forward.

At the same time, the fact that dye fixing agents have poor wash fastness properties could not be ignored. This could be a restraining factor to the fixing agent market going forward. Plus, higher fragmentation lowers the power of bargaining of suppliers.

Future Market Insights has walked through these facts with future perspectives in its latest market study entitled ‘Fixing Agent Market’. The team of analysts and consultants is there to execute through its 360-degree approach in its primary, secondary, and tertiary modes of research.

“With drastic change in textile printing pattern as an outcome of altering fashion trends coupled with technical breakthroughs, the global fixing agent market is bound to grow voraciously in the upcoming period”, says an analyst from Future Market Insights.

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Key Takeaways from Fixing Agent Market

• The Asia-Pacific holds the largest market share with Japan, China, and India leading from the front.
• Europe and North America are expected to go steady with respect to the fixing agent market in the near future.
• MEA would also grow at a rapid pace with textile industry improvements, and refinery repairs being ushered herein.

Competitive Agents in the Fixing Agent Market

• HT Fine Chemical Co., Ltd., in the year 2019, came up with a new-fangled product called ‘Dye Fixing Agent’ to meet the ever-increasing demand in dyeing and printing verticals.
• Viswaat Chemicals Ltd. has its VICAFIX HCNF and VICAFIX HCNF50 – the former is a non-formaldehyde dye fixing agent for direct and reactive dyes and the latter exists in concentrated form.
• Avocet has its Cetafix AFA liquid/powder and Cetafix R liquid/powder. They are formaldehyde-free fixing agents meant to improve the wet fastness of the cotton fibers dyed with the direct dyes, and printed or dyed with the reactive dyes. The first one is anionic and the second one is cationic.
• DyStar, in February 2018, collaborated with RotaSpray to develop an indigo spray dyeing procedure to facilitate mass production that lets denim producers minimize the environmental impact.

Fixing Agent Market Key segments

By Product Form:

• Solid
• Liquid

By Product Type:

• Cationic Fixing Agent
• Cetylpyridinium Chloride
• Cetylpyridinium Bromide
• Polyamine Contraction
• Cross-linking Fixing Agent
• Anionic Fixing Agent
• Zinc Salt
• Acetic Acid
• Acetone
• Others

By Region:

• North America
• Latin America
• Western Europe
• Eastern Europe
• Asia Pacific
• Japan
• Middle East and Africa

What does the Report fix?

• The research study is based on product form (solid and liquid), by product type (cationic fixing agent, cetylpyridinium chloride, cetylpyridinium bromide, polyamine contraction, cross-linking fixing agent, anionic fixing agent, zinc salt, acetic acid, acetone, and likewise).
• With stiffness, effective resistance against moisture, flame, and comparatively higher crease, the global fixing agent market is meant to grow explicitly in the years to come.