On
26 Oct., the Ecological Environment Bureau of Tongliao City approved
and published the environmental impact (EI) report of "technical
renovation project of switching production from threonine to valine"
that was submitted by Tongliao Meihua Biological Sci-tech Co., Ltd.
(Tongliao Meihua).
Project overview
Type of project: reconstruction and expansion
Construction site location: Mulitu Industrial Park, Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
Investment
amount: USD4.53 million (RMB32.55 million); USD97,941 (RMB703,000),
3.16% of the total investment, will be for environmental protection
purposes
Site area: 15,494 square metres
Construction
details: In the company's factory compound, the existing fermentation
building, extraction building and production devices of the
previously-implemented "40,000 t/a fermentation product threonine
technical renovation project" will be renovated for the purpose of
switching the production from threonine to valine. Upon completion of
the project construction, the operation of existing 40,000 t/a
fermentation production line for threonine will be completely
terminated.
Product scheme: 21,811 t/a for feed-grade valine
Major raw materials needed in production: self-produced starch sugar
Production process: microbial anaerobic fermentation method
Number of budgeted posts: 99
Working
schedule: Production staff will be divided into four groups that are on
shifts in rotation. There will be three 8-hour shifts per working day
and 333 working days per year.
Economic
benefits: It is estimated the project will generate yearly average
operating revenue of USD59.46 million (RMB426.79 million) and yearly
average net profit of USD1.44 million (RMB10.33 million), after coming
on stream.
Tongliao Meihua
is capable of processing 800,000 t/a of corn and producing 538,000 t/a
(dry basis) of starch as a raw material for several amino acids that it
produces. As for production capacities in hand, the company has 250,000
t/a for threonine, 200,000 t/a for (gourmet powder) monosodium
glutamate, 171,700 t/a for starch sugar, etc.
Source:CCM
More information can be found at CCM Amino acid China Monthly Report.
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