美国以百叶窗、遮阳帘为主的功能性遮阳行业历经长期成长后已具备高渗透率、高集中度的特点，龙头企业亨特道格拉斯布局全产业链，生产端的技术壁垒和销售端的品牌壁垒是其成功的核心原因。参考美国成熟市场经验，我国功能性遮阳行业渗透率提升空间仍巨大，且功能性遮阳材料龙头有望通过加深生产端技术壁垒，巩固“定价权”优势并获得份额提升。我们首次覆盖功能性遮阳材料行业，给予“强于大市”评级。

截至12 月23 日，WTI 原油现货报价为73.79 美元/桶，分别较月初、年初上涨12.54%、52.79%。2021 年国际油价上涨的核心逻辑基本与疫情演变趋势高度相关，全球流动性宽松背景下的供应收紧和经济复苏也为油价上行提供了动力。

A rubber glove is a glove made out of natural rubber, synthetic rubber, and rubber coating over a textile glove. Its primary purpose is to protect the user from hazardous chemicals while performing the task. It is also used in the industry and the medical sector as industry gloves and medical gloves respectively. It is used to protect the hands from dangerous hazards such as iron nails, heating equipment, and corrosive chemicals. In medical sector, it is used by the caregivers and health professionals to prevent contact with various germs. The report focuses on various kinds of rubber gloves. Moreover, the report analyzes the current market trends of rubber gloves in different geographies and suggests the future growth opportunities by analyzing government regulations & policies.

Rigid plastic packaging involves designing of bottles, containers, and bags. It provides packaging solutions for various industries such as food & beverages, agriculture, aerospace, automotive, across medical. Packaging solution require materials such as polypropylene (PP), high-density polyethylene (HDPE), and polyethylene (PET), which are highly durable and light in weight.

Medical gloves are personal protective equipment (PPE) used to protect HCPs and/or patients from infection or illness during medical procedures and examinations. They are elements of infection-control strategy and are used when the user’s hands touch body fluids, including blood, respiratory secretions, vomit, urine or feces, certain hazardous drugs, or potentially contaminated items. Medical gloves are disposable and include both examination gloves and surgical gloves. Compared with examination gloves, surgical gloves offer better sizing with better precision and sensitivity and maintain a higher standard. Examination gloves are available as either sterile or non-sterile, while surgical gloves are generally sterile. Both surgical and examination gloves can also be used for handling chemotherapy agents for cancer treatment. 

9 月15 日，国家发改委与生态环境部联合印发《“十四五”塑料污染治理行动方案》。方案指出，将进一步完善塑料污染全链条治理体系，压实地方、部门和企业责任，聚焦重点环节、重点领域、重点区域，积极推动塑料生产和使用源头减量、科学稳妥推广塑料替代产品。国立科技主营研发、生产、销售低碳环保高分子材料及产品，在可降解塑料领域，公司已掌握生物降解塑料材料制品的配方及工艺技术，目前已实现生物降解塑料产品小批次量产。公司紧密结合国家政策变化趋势及市场实际需求，近期发布定增预案，募资不超过2.82 亿元，将用于生物降解材料及制品产业化建设项目、生物降解材料研发项目及补充流动资金。公司表示，未来将不断致力于为“十四五”期间推行塑料污染治理做贡献，助力我国经济社会的绿色可持续发展。

The global disposable gloves market is experiencing extremely high demand, supply shortages, competition for production lines, and higher production costs because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic across the world. Global players are unable to absorb all the resulting production cost increases due to factors like a hike in raw material cost, labor shortage, and more, thereby resulting in higher cost of the final products to customers.