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Last Update: June 30th, 2001
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Givaudan Establishes Fragrance Production Base in Shanghai (Last update: 06/10/2001)
Givaudan has established production and R & D Center in Shanghai. This is the fourth R & D centers of Givaudan in the world. It is a joint venture with Shanghai Sunve Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. This center will engage in the activities of R & D and production of flavor & fragrance. It is reported that the designed capacity of flavors & fragrance (mainly fragrance) in this joint venture is 5,000MT/year. The total investment is USD14.5 million. (Source: Shanghai Chemical Industry)
 
Largest PP-R Production Base Established (Last update: 06/10/2001)
A 13,000MT/year production base of PP-R pipe & pipe fittings has been established in Shandong Zhaoyuan. This project was invested by Shandong Jin Jin Chao Science & Technology Co. Ltd. who introduced 8 production lines from German. The total investment for this production base is RMB240 million. At present there are over 100 production lines in China and the total production capacity is over 70,000MT/year. (Source: Shanghai Chemical Industry)
 
25,000MT/year BOPP Production Line in Jiangyin Finished (Last update: 06/10/2001)
Jiangsu Jiangyin Shenda Group Shenpeng Packing Material Factory finished the construction of 25,000MT/year BOPP production line. The production technology comes from Mitsubishi. It can produce 8.3 meter BOPP film (in width). The output rate is 320 meters per minute. All the raw materials for the production are from overseas. It is reported that Shenda Group will introduce more production lines to produce BOPP, CPP, and BOPA, after when it will become the largest plastic packing film supplier in China. (Source: Chemical Technology Information)
 
Jiangsu to Build Biologically-Active-Material Production Base (Last update: 05/30/2001)
Jiangsu Biologically-Active-Material Engineering & Technology Center was set up in Wuxi by Jiangnan University, Jiangsu Microorganism Research Institute and Taihu Water Group. This center was approved by central government in 1999. The investment in the first phase is RMB11.50 million. The center will focus on technology development & industrialization of biologically-active-material, especially fermentation products and deep processing of natural products. This center plans to build two pilot production lines. One production line is for biological fermentation engineering and another production line is for extraction, separation and purification of natural products. There are four research labs in the center: fermentation engineering, gene engineering, biological pharmaceutical and natural product research lab. (Source: China Food News)
Trial Production of SMA Succeeded in Shanghai (Last update: 05/10/2001)
The trial production of SMA in Shanghai Gaoqiao Petrochemical Company Chemical Factory succeeded. The designed capacity of SMA is 1,000MT/year. This product was developed by Sinopec Shanghai Research Institute and Zhejiang University. (Source: Shanghai Chemical Industry)
 
Lanxing Begins the PBT Production (Last update:05/10/2001)
China Lanxing Chemical Washing Corporation Nantong Synthetic Material Factory has built 5,000MT/year production line of PBT. The commercial production began and the product is qualified. It is reported that this factory will further enlarge the production capacity to 10,000MT/year. (Source: Chemical Technology Information)
 
80,000MT/year Acetate Project in Yangzijiang Acetyl Chemicals Activated (Last update: May 2001)
Yangzijiang Acetyl Chemical Co. Ltd. starts the construction of 80,000MT/year acetate project. The new production line will use technology from BP to produce ethyl acetate and butyl acetate. After the construction, the project will be the largest one in China. This project will be finished in June 2002. (Source: Domestic Petrochemical Bulletin)
 
Eastman Cooperates with Tianjin Petrochemical To Produce Optical Brightening Fiber (Last update: 04/23/2001)
Eastman and Tianjin Petrochemical Corp has signed an agreement to produce optical brightening polyester fiber, which is used as brightening agent (function alike Eastobrite OB-1) for the production of polyester. The designed capacity is 5,000MT/year. This product will substitute the traditional brightening agent in the fiber industry. (Source: China Chemical Industry News)
 
China to Develop Membrane Industry (Last update: 04/04/2001)
In order to improve the utility technology of water source and to relieve the water shortness, State Planning Committee issued a notification, To Organize Special Foundation for the Development of Membrane Technology. The aim of the foundation is to break through production technology of some key products, to improve the competition ability of membrane industry in China. The target of the foundation is to popularize the water treatment technology in large scale and to build some world standard production bases in China. The focus of the foundation lies in sea water desalination, water saving and waste water recycle. (Source: China Chemical Industry News)
 
Organosilicon Production Base (Last update: April 2001)
Recently the largest production base of fine organosilicon, 2,000MT/year, has been built in Hubei Wuda Organosilicon New Material Co. Ltd. This company is invested by Wuhan University, Sinopec Wuhan Phoenix Co.Ltd. and Tsinghua Ziguang Science & Technology Invest Co. Ltd. (Source: Chemical Technology Market)