On Aug. 30, Chem China announced its semi-annual report, stating that Donghua Tianye’s Phase I 100,000 MT/year PBAT project will be put into operation in January 2022.
On March 26, a grand groundbreaking ceremony for Donghua Tianye’s 500,000 MT/year PBAT and related projects was held. Phase I capacity is 100,000 MT/year, with a total investment of around RMB 650 million. Among which, the construction investment is RMB 520 million. Phase I project covers an area of around 150 Mu, with a construction period of around 1 year; Phase II 400,000 MT/year PBAT and 300,000 MT/year BDO project is also being planned.
Sinochem Donghua Tianye is a joint venture between Donghua Technology and Xinjiang Tianye. Donghua Technology and Xinjiang Tianye hold 51% and 49% of the shares, respectively.
Donghua Engineering Technology is a listed company in Shenzhen, which belongs to China Chemical Engineering Group. It has a comprehensive Class A qualification in engineering design with good reputation in chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, municipal environmental protection, construction and energy industries. It has rich experience in engineering construction and operation management in the chemical and environmental protection industries.
Donghua Technology will take advantage of its experience in engineering and contract construction as well as its technical strength to undertake the construction and operation of PBAT project via Donghua Tianye.
Xinjiang Tianye has 210,000 MT/year BDO capacity, ranking at the top in China. After the project is built up, Xinjiang Tianye will give full play to its production experience, performance and management capabilities in calcium carbide, BDO and ethylene glycol, and gather the respective resources and advantages of both shareholders, achieving the complementary advantages and win-win cooperation to open up new business for the mutual benefits.
Donghua ‘s “High-efficiency titanium-based catalyst for PBAT synthesis” was approved
In June 2021, Donghua established the China Chemical Environmental Protection Research Institute of Hefei R&D Center of China Chemical Science and Technology Research to build a place for environmental protection technology curation, transformation of scientific and technological achievements, coupling of scientific and technological resources, gathering of high-end talents and a model room for scientific research reform, including research on PBAT technology for degradable materials.
In early August, the appraisal meeting of “High-efficiency titanium-based catalyst for PBAT synthesis” developed by Donghua was held in Hefei. The expert team unanimously agreed that the overall technology of the R&D results reached the leading level in China, and agreed to pass the evaluation of the scientific and technological achievements.
It is reported that the high-efficiency titanium catalyst for PBAT synthesis is characterized by high catalytic activity, controllable polymerization reaction and stable performance, and its comprehensive performance is better than the conventional antimony and germanium catalysts. The technical results will be used on the industrialization project of PBAT in Donghua Tianye as priority, and will be promoted to the industry based on the application results.
Source: WeChat public account of Chemical New Material