Plastic Extrusion Industry News & Technical Guide (Twin Screw Co-Extrusion Special)

Industry News: Southeast Asia Plastic Extrusion Industry Embraces New Opportunities in 2026, Twin Screw Co-Extrusion Technology Becomes the Core of Upgrade

With the tightening of global environmental policies and the acceleration of infrastructure construction in Southeast Asia, the Southeast Asian plastic extrusion industry ushered in a new round of development upsurge in 2026. Among them, twin screw co-extrusion technology, with its advantages of high efficiency, energy saving and multi-function, has become the core choice for plastic enterprises in Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and other countries to upgrade their production capacity, promoting the industry's transformation from "extensive production" to "precision and efficiency".

According to industry data, the market size of plastic extrusion equipment in Southeast Asia exceeded 8 billion US dollars in 2025, with a compound annual growth rate of 9.6%. Among them, the Vietnamese market grew the fastest, with a year-on-year increase of 12.3%. This growth is mainly due to the promotion of the Vietnamese government's "Infrastructure Upgrade Plan". The demand for PVC and PE pipes in urban and rural water supply, agricultural irrigation, construction pipelines and other fields has surged. Traditional single-screw extrusion equipment can no longer meet the needs of large-scale and high-quality production. The market penetration rate of twin-screw co-extrusion equipment is increasing year by year, and it is expected to exceed 45% by the end of 2026.

At present, the upgrading needs of Southeast Asian plastic enterprises mainly focus on three aspects: first, energy conservation and consumption reduction to cope with the rising local energy costs and environmental policy requirements; second, improving product quality to meet the high standards of domestic infrastructure and export markets; third, expanding product categories to realize the production of multi-functional and composite pipes. Twin screw co-extrusion technology exactly meets these three needs. By optimizing the screw block design and integrating the intelligent control system, it can increase production capacity by 30%-40%, reduce energy consumption by 15%-20%, and greatly improve product precision and reduce raw material waste.

It is worth noting that Chinese plastic extrusion equipment manufacturers have become the preferred partners for Southeast Asian enterprises to upgrade, relying on their advantages of strong customization capacity, high cost performance and fast after-sales response. In particular, the twin-screw co-extrusion production lines customized for the characteristics of local plastic raw materials and production site conditions in Vietnam are not only more adaptable, but also provide localized after-sales support to solve the worries of enterprises. At the same time, the development of pilot-scale test technology has also provided important support for industrial upgrading. Through pilot-scale test equipment to accurately simulate the real production environment, it has solved the "pilot-scale gap" problem of new materials and technologies from the laboratory to mass production, and accelerated the landing application of twin-screw co-extrusion technology in the Southeast Asian market.