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China & US: YaSheng – beta-carotene
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PIGMENTS
corrosion pigments are often key ingredients of a marine coating formulation and the supply, demand and pricing aspects of these pigments are discussed in this survey.
carotene for sale to food colorant manufacturers.
Chemical Market Reporter, 22 Aug 2005 (Website: http://www.chemicalmarketreporter.com)
China: Degussa & Yingkou Sanzheng – cyanuric chloride
Chemical Market Reporter, 15 Aug 2005, (http://www.chemicalmarketreporter.com)
Toyo Ink has announced plans to optimise its global operations for organic pigments manufacture, at sites in China, France and Japan. The Chinese plants at Tianjin and Zhuhai currently have a combined capacity of 7000-8000 tonnes/y, all associated with making azo and phthalocyanine pigments. The Fuji plant in Japan will be restructured so as to concentrate on high-performance pigments. Francolor (Toyo Ink’s wholly-owned subsidiary) will continue making diarylide yellow and high-performance pigments at Villiers St Paul and Oissel in France.
Degussa is the world’s largest single producer of cyanuric chloride, with facilities at Münchmünster (Germany) and Antwerp (Belgium). However, it is well aware of the growing competitive threat from a number of Chinese producers. Total global capacity for cyanuric chloride currently stands at about 260,000 tonnes/y, of which Degussa accounts for 100,000 tonnes/y and the 20 or so Chinese producers together account for around 100,000 tonnes/y. Cyanuric chloride is widely used in making ultraviolet absorbers, optical brighteners and textile colorants. These applications account for about 50% of global cyanuric chloride consumption. (See also ‘Focus on Pigments’, Jul 2005, 3). In order to mitigate the impact of Chinese competition in the cyanuric chloride sector, Degussa has decided to establish manufacturing capacity in China by entering into a joint venture with a leading Chinese producer. In so doing, Degussa is following the precedents of Sachtleben in the lithopone sector and Bayer in the iron oxide pigments sector. Degussa Sanzheng (Yingkou) Fine Chemicals has been registered as a joint venture company, owned 65% by Degussa and 35% by Yingkou Sanzheng Organic Chemical Co Ltd. Initially, this company will take over the operating management of the existing 40,000 tonnes/y cyanuric chloride plant at Yingkou. It will have 650 employees and it is expected to generate sales revenue of €35 M per annum, with sales to China and other Asian customers.
Japan Chemical Week, 4/11 Aug 2005, 46 (2329), 2
Chimie Pharma Hebdo, 25 Jul 2005, (307), 8 (in French)
China & US: YaSheng – beta-carotene
China: DIC – organic pigments
The YaSheng group, with a registered office at Redwood City in California, has declared that it will increase its production of beta-carotene from its Chinese sources by 10% by the end of 2005. The company also plans to begin importing Chinese beta-
At Zhangjiagang (Jiangsu province), Dainippon Ink & Chemicals (DIC) is spending $29.1 M on the first phase of a pigments and resins manufacturing complex. This will include facilities for making 10,000 tonnes/y of organic pigments and
PLANTS Bulgaria: Nubiola/Orgachim – iron oxide pigments Nubiola (of Spain) has acquired the iron oxide pigment business of Orgachim (of Bulgaria), including a plant at Rousse (in the north of the country, on the River Danube). The plant has a floor area of 40,000 sq metres. Nubiola plans to invest €1.5 M to bring iron oxide pigment production here up to 2000 tonnes/y. Nubiola will be able to use Orgachim’s network for sales to Bulgarian customers, but it intends to export most of the pigment output to other European markets using its own salesforce and distributors. European Paint and Resin News, Jun 2005, 43 (6), 3
China, France & Japan: Toyo Ink – organic pigments
SEPTEMBER 2005
18,000 tonnes/y of synthetic resins. The investment is being channelled through DIC Zhangjiagang Chemical Co Ltd, a company registered in China, with an issue capital of $15.7 M. China Chemical Reporter, 26 Aug 2005, 16 (24), 13
China: Tokai – carbon black Tokai Carbon and Sumitomo are involved in an 80:20 joint venture, which is establishing a carbon black plant of unidentified capacity at Tianjin. The plant is due to come onstream in 1Q 2006. Tokai is now considering investment in a second carbon black facility, this time in southern China, probably in Guangzhou province. Japan Chemical Week, 8 Sep 2005, 46 (2333), 12
India: KMML – TiO2 Kerala Minerals & Metals Ltd (KMML) has apparently signed an agreement with undisclosed parties to proceed with a project worth Rup 7.6 bn, which will boost its chloride-route TiO2 pigment capacity and associated synrutile capacity at the Sankaramangalam site, near Chavara. A key feature of this project is the conversion of iron-containing wastes (from the synrutile plant) into marketable products. TiO2 pigment capacity should reach 60,000 by 2006 and 100,000 tonnes/y by 2009. APCJ, Asia Pacific Coatings Journal, Aug 2005, 18 (4), 6
Italy: BalCo – milled kaolin BalCo SpA has recently installed a new 10,000 tonnes/y mill for processing kaolin at its 6000 sq m Sassuola site. Finely milled kaolin will be marketed for both ceramic and paper filler applications. The company also has a 12,000 tonnes/y mill at Sassuola, which is used for processing chamotte. In addition, BalCo has a 40% stake in Ravenna Mill SpA, which has facilities at Ravenna for processing up to 100,000 tonnes/y of various minerals. Industrial Minerals, Aug 2005, (455), 11
Jordan: Jordan Minerals – GCC Jordan Minerals Est (JME, of Amman) currently runs two limestone quarries,
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ON
PIGMENTS
corrosion pigments are often key ingredients of a marine coating formulation and the supply, demand and pricing aspects of these pigments are discussed in this survey.
carotene for sale to food colorant manufacturers.
Chemical Market Reporter, 22 Aug 2005 (Website: http://www.chemicalmarketreporter.com)
China: Degussa & Yingkou Sanzheng – cyanuric chloride
Chemical Market Reporter, 15 Aug 2005, (http://www.chemicalmarketreporter.com)
Toyo Ink has announced plans to optimise its global operations for organic pigments manufacture, at sites in China, France and Japan. The Chinese plants at Tianjin and Zhuhai currently have a combined capacity of 7000-8000 tonnes/y, all associated with making azo and phthalocyanine pigments. The Fuji plant in Japan will be restructured so as to concentrate on high-performance pigments. Francolor (Toyo Ink’s wholly-owned subsidiary) will continue making diarylide yellow and high-performance pigments at Villiers St Paul and Oissel in France.
Degussa is the world’s largest single producer of cyanuric chloride, with facilities at Münchmünster (Germany) and Antwerp (Belgium). However, it is well aware of the growing competitive threat from a number of Chinese producers. Total global capacity for cyanuric chloride currently stands at about 260,000 tonnes/y, of which Degussa accounts for 100,000 tonnes/y and the 20 or so Chinese producers together account for around 100,000 tonnes/y. Cyanuric chloride is widely used in making ultraviolet absorbers, optical brighteners and textile colorants. These applications account for about 50% of global cyanuric chloride consumption. (See also ‘Focus on Pigments’, Jul 2005, 3). In order to mitigate the impact of Chinese competition in the cyanuric chloride sector, Degussa has decided to establish manufacturing capacity in China by entering into a joint venture with a leading Chinese producer. In so doing, Degussa is following the precedents of Sachtleben in the lithopone sector and Bayer in the iron oxide pigments sector. Degussa Sanzheng (Yingkou) Fine Chemicals has been registered as a joint venture company, owned 65% by Degussa and 35% by Yingkou Sanzheng Organic Chemical Co Ltd. Initially, this company will take over the operating management of the existing 40,000 tonnes/y cyanuric chloride plant at Yingkou. It will have 650 employees and it is expected to generate sales revenue of €35 M per annum, with sales to China and other Asian customers.
Japan Chemical Week, 4/11 Aug 2005, 46 (2329), 2
Chimie Pharma Hebdo, 25 Jul 2005, (307), 8 (in French)
China & US: YaSheng – beta-carotene
China: DIC – organic pigments
The YaSheng group, with a registered office at Redwood City in California, has declared that it will increase its production of beta-carotene from its Chinese sources by 10% by the end of 2005. The company also plans to begin importing Chinese beta-
At Zhangjiagang (Jiangsu province), Dainippon Ink & Chemicals (DIC) is spending $29.1 M on the first phase of a pigments and resins manufacturing complex. This will include facilities for making 10,000 tonnes/y of organic pigments and
PLANTS Bulgaria: Nubiola/Orgachim – iron oxide pigments Nubiola (of Spain) has acquired the iron oxide pigment business of Orgachim (of Bulgaria), including a plant at Rousse (in the north of the country, on the River Danube). The plant has a floor area of 40,000 sq metres. Nubiola plans to invest €1.5 M to bring iron oxide pigment production here up to 2000 tonnes/y. Nubiola will be able to use Orgachim’s network for sales to Bulgarian customers, but it intends to export most of the pigment output to other European markets using its own salesforce and distributors. European Paint and Resin News, Jun 2005, 43 (6), 3
China, France & Japan: Toyo Ink – organic pigments
SEPTEMBER 2005
18,000 tonnes/y of synthetic resins. The investment is being channelled through DIC Zhangjiagang Chemical Co Ltd, a company registered in China, with an issue capital of $15.7 M. China Chemical Reporter, 26 Aug 2005, 16 (24), 13
China: Tokai – carbon black Tokai Carbon and Sumitomo are involved in an 80:20 joint venture, which is establishing a carbon black plant of unidentified capacity at Tianjin. The plant is due to come onstream in 1Q 2006. Tokai is now considering investment in a second carbon black facility, this time in southern China, probably in Guangzhou province. Japan Chemical Week, 8 Sep 2005, 46 (2333), 12
India: KMML – TiO2 Kerala Minerals & Metals Ltd (KMML) has apparently signed an agreement with undisclosed parties to proceed with a project worth Rup 7.6 bn, which will boost its chloride-route TiO2 pigment capacity and associated synrutile capacity at the Sankaramangalam site, near Chavara. A key feature of this project is the conversion of iron-containing wastes (from the synrutile plant) into marketable products. TiO2 pigment capacity should reach 60,000 by 2006 and 100,000 tonnes/y by 2009. APCJ, Asia Pacific Coatings Journal, Aug 2005, 18 (4), 6
Italy: BalCo – milled kaolin BalCo SpA has recently installed a new 10,000 tonnes/y mill for processing kaolin at its 6000 sq m Sassuola site. Finely milled kaolin will be marketed for both ceramic and paper filler applications. The company also has a 12,000 tonnes/y mill at Sassuola, which is used for processing chamotte. In addition, BalCo has a 40% stake in Ravenna Mill SpA, which has facilities at Ravenna for processing up to 100,000 tonnes/y of various minerals. Industrial Minerals, Aug 2005, (455), 11
Jordan: Jordan Minerals – GCC Jordan Minerals Est (JME, of Amman) currently runs two limestone quarries,
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