Xinjiang Blue Ridge Tunhe Chemical Industry Joint Stock Co. Ltd. is conducting large-scale investments to expand its chemical business in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. As part of a project to utilize abundant coal and natural gas resources, the company will establish extensive facility expansions for 1,4-butanediol (BD) and polybutylene terephthalate (PBT). The company also...
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Toray Considers Production Increase for Polyolefin Foam in China and Japan
Toray Industries Inc. (TYO:3402) is considering a production increase for Toray PEF, a polyolefin foam for electron beam cross-linking. With manufacturing operations already running in the U.S. and Japan, Toray may either add further capacity in Japan or build a new plant in China. A final decision will come at the beginning of next year,...
Asahi Kasei to Build Plastic Compounds Plant in Changshu, China
Asahi Kasei Corp. (TYO:3407) recently made an official announcement that the company plans to construct a plastic compounds plant in Changshu, Jiangsu Province. The plant, slated to come online in early 2020, will have an annual capacity of 28,000 tons to satisfy higher demand from the growing local automobile sector. Asahi Kasei sees automobiles as...
Denka to Boost ABS Additive Production in Singapore by 30%
Denka Co. Ltd. (TYO:4061) plans to increase its production capacity for an additive that improves the heat resistance in acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) resin. The company will make a capital investment in its Singapore production base with an aim of increasing company-wide production capacity by around 30 percent over its current annual capacity of 35,000...
Teijin Eyes Cooperation With Partner Companies to Increase PET Film Market Share
Teijin Ltd. (TYO:3401) will begin looking for partner enterprises to work with on the production of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film. Aiming for a top global share in this important market for the company, Teijin intends to acquire necessary production capacity from film manufacturers both in and outside Japan. The global PET film market is currently...
Kuraray to Increase US Production of Poval Water-Soluble PVA Film
Kuraray Co. Ltd. (TYO:3405) is gearing up to bolster U.S. production of its Poval water-soluble polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) film. The Japanese chemical manufacturer has earmarked roughly 4 billion yen ($36.63 million) to expand an existing plant in Indiana, with plans to bring new operations online in the first half of 2018. The company made its...
Philippines’ JGSPC to Boost Polyethylene Production by 70%
JG Summit Petrochemical Corp. (JGSPC) will strengthen its polyolefin production facilities, coming in conjunction with the company’s plans to expand its naphtha cracker plant by 2020. The major Philippine petrochemical company plans to increase its annual production capacity for polyethylene (PE) by 70 percent, up to 550,000 tons, and raise its polypropylene (PP) production capacity...
Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemical to Double Acrylonitrile Capacity to 520,000 Tons
Shenghong Holding Group subsidiary Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemical Co. Ltd. has begun formulating the second phase of its petrification base. Although the company will now be scooting over to raw material procurement and product configuration, it has decided to construct an additional 260,000-ton facility for acrylonitrile (AN). The plan is to get this launched by as...
Asahi Kasei to Upgrade S-SBR Plant in Singapore
Asahi Kasei Corp. (TYO:3407) has formally decided to increase production capacity at its solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber (S-SBR) plant in Singapore. Approximately 5 billion yen ($44.78 million) are expected to be invested in the upgrade, which will boost annual production capacity from the current 100,000 tons to 130,000 tons by January 2019, when the new facilities...
Asahi Kasei to Increase Chinese Production Capacity of Engineering Plastics With Factory Move
Asahi Kasei Corp. (TYO:3407) will construct a new plant for engineering plastics in Changshu, Jiangsu Province, China. Operations will be moved from the company’s current factory in Shuzou, another city in Jiangsu Province, with the new factory expected for completion in early 2019. As part of the move, production capacity will be increased by 50...
Private Sector Has Edge on State-Owned Business in Indonesia’s Petrochemical Industry – Part 1
Large-scale investment plans are progressing in Indonesia’s petrochemical industry. PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk and Malaysia’s Lotte Chemical Titan Holding Sdn Bhd each plan to construct naphtha cracking furnaces with an annual ethylene production capacity of 1 million tons in Banten Province, West Java. Including derivatives equipment, total investment for each facility is estimated to...
Ube Industries to Boost PCD Production in Thailand, Spain
Ube Industries Ltd. (TYO:4208) is gearing up to expand its Thai and Spanish production of polycarbonate diol (PCD), a raw material for polyurethane. With plans to bring in new technologies to increase productivity without increasing facilities, Ube Industries is seeking to increase its total capacity by roughly 30 percent, from 11,000 tons per annum at...
Denka to Boost Acetylene Black Production in Singapore by 50%
Denka Co. Ltd. (TYO:4061) plans to ramp up production of high-purity acetylene black used in power cables by 50 percent in Singapore. The decision is in response to growing demand for high-voltage and extra-high-voltage power cables in Europe, which is aggressively introducing renewable energy such as offshore wind power, and in China, a country actively...
Morita Chemical Industries to Further Boost Production of LiB Electrolyte in China
Morita Chemical Industries Co. Ltd. will boost production of lithium hexafluorophosphate (LiPF6) at its base in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Province, China. LiPF6 is used as an electrolyte in lithium-ion secondary batteries (LiBs). The company plans to raise annual production capacity by 50 percent to reach 7,500 tons by 2018. It has already filed applications with the...
Sekisui Chemical to Invest 20B Yen in Automotive Glass Interlayers and Raw Material
Sekisui Chemical Co. Ltd. (TYO: 4204) will invest 20 billion yen ($182 million) to expand production of automotive glass interlayers and their raw material, polyvinyl butyral (PVB). Sekisui Chemical is an industry leader in high-performance interlayers, which prevent the breaking and shattering of glass and also block noise and heat. Amidst expanding use of Sekisui...
