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Singapore: Resin & Pigment Technologies - plastics compounding
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FOCUS South Korea is one of the most important countries in the world for LCD production. Mitsubishi plans to begin by making colour resists for use in the manufacture of black matrices. Other versions would be added later. Japan Chemical Week, 1 Feb 2007, 48 (2402), 6-7
Malaysia: Advanced Pyrotech – carbon black from scrap tyres Advanced Pyrotech Sdn Bhd (part of the Octagon Consolidated group) is spending Rggt 110 M (about $29 M) to establish a scrap tyres pyrolysis unit at Pulau Indah (Selangor province), which will employ South Korean technology, essentially continuous pyrolysis. From 43,800 tonnes/y of scrap tyres input, the plant should produce: 21,900 tonnes of recovered oil; 13,140 tonnes of carbon black and 4380 tonnes of steel. Initially, the unit will process imported scrap tyre chips, but the usage of scrap tyres from Malyasian sources will be phased in. A substantial proportion of the output will be sold under a seven-year contract with a South Korean company. Under current market conditions, Advanced Pyrotech anticipates selling carbon black at $305 per tonne, while recovered oil is currently valued at $255 per tonne. On these assumptions, the company should realise sales revenue of $10 M from the new plant during the year to end-December 2008. The Star, 18 Jan 2007, (Website: http://www.thestar.com.my)
Norway: Raudfjellet – talc The Geological Survey of Norway has identified the Raudfjellet deposit of talc as showing good potential for commercial development. The resource has been assessed as 40 M tonnes of talc in 75 M tonnes of soapstone. Industrial Minerals, Sep 2006, (468), 90-91
Poland: Sirmax – plastic compounds Sirmax opened its first plastic compounding plant outside Italy last June. The plant is located at Kutno and is capable of producing up to 15,000 tonnes/y of polypropylenebased compounds. PolyOne is about
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to open a coloured masterbatch plant at Kutno and Sirmax will be one of the most prominent local customers. Sirmax reported annual sales revenue at €80 M for full-year 2005. It currently has capacity for 70,000 tonnes/y overall at its four Italian plants – Cittadella, Fonte, Isola Vicentina and Tombolo. The Fonte plant specialises in recycled products. Plastiques et Caoutchoucs Magazine, Dec 2006, (845), 20 (in French)
Singapore: Resin & Pigment Technologies - plastics compounding Resin & Pigment Technologies Ltd (R&P) has relocated its 20,000 tonnes/y plastics compounding facilities to the Jurong Logistics Terminal (JLT) estate on Jurong Island. The JLT estate is owned by Katoen Natie (of Antwerp) and the aim of the relocation move is to enable R&P to “deliver the logistics and infrastructure needed to transport bulk polymers.” Plastics and Rubber Asia, Dec 2006, 21 (146), 19
Spain & US: Ferro – ceramic colorants Ferro Corp (of Cleveland, OH) has confirmed that its new plant at Castellon for making ceramic tile colorants (glaze stains and body stains) should open in October 2007, with an initial capacity of 20,000 tonnes/y. About 680 people will be employed here. Meanwhile, Ferro plans to shut down its ceramic products plant at Niagara Falls, NY, essentially because of weak market demand. About 150 people will lose their jobs. The Niagara Falls plant will continue to make dielectrics, but in due course production of dielectrics will be transferred to other sites in the US and in the Netherlands. Industrial Minerals, Jan 2007, (472), 20
Taiwan: DuPont – TiO2 DuPont plans to raise the capacity of its KuanYin TiO2 pigment plant beyond the current level of 120,000 tonnes/y. The expansion project should be completed within two years. DuPont declined to reveal the scale of the expansion to ICIS, but local news sources indicate that the project will
cost $30 M and will entail a 30,000 tonnes/y increment in capacity. ICIS Chemical Business, 15 Jan 2007, (Website: http://icischemicalbusiness.com)
Thailand: Elastomix – rubber masterbatch Elastomix, an affiliate of Japan Synthetic Rubber (JSR), has upgraded the efficiency of its rubber masterbatch plant at Rayong. Output for full-year 2006 is expected to reach 16,000 tonnes. Japan Chemical Week, 14 Dec 2006, 47 (2396), 4
Ukraine: Krymsky Titan - TiO2 ZAO Krymsky Titan has recently spent $1.4 M on new equipment for its Armyansk TiO2 plant, including five new filtering centrifuges and five new vacuum crystallisation units for the Titan-1 production line. Essentially, the new equipment facilitates the separation of iron sulfate from titanyl sulfate, following the acid digestion stage of the process. The company should reach its production target of 91,000 tonnes for 2006 and its programme for expanding to 120,000 tonnes/y by 2010 remains on track. Total Ukrainian TiO2 pigment output was 119,843 tonnes for the first 11 months of 2006, representing a 0.8% decline on the previous year. Vestnik Khimicheskoi Promyshlennosty, 15 Sep 2006, 2006 (3), 69 (in Russian) & Ukrainian News, 26 Dec 2006
Ukraine: Sumy – carotene/iron oxide pigment OAO Sumy Khimprom has completed a $120,000 programme to refurbish a unit for manufacturing a proprietary pigment, blended from beta-carotene and red iron oxide. Product performance has been greatly enhanced by improving the stability of the pigment product. Vestnik Khimicheskoi Promyshlennosty, 10 Dec 2006, 2006 (4), 56 (in Russian)
US: Americhem – plastics masterbatch Americhem Inc is a major producer of masterbatches, with sales revenue of the order of $200 M. It is currently stepping up its US capacity for colour masterbatches in order to cope with
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FOCUS South Korea is one of the most important countries in the world for LCD production. Mitsubishi plans to begin by making colour resists for use in the manufacture of black matrices. Other versions would be added later. Japan Chemical Week, 1 Feb 2007, 48 (2402), 6-7
Malaysia: Advanced Pyrotech – carbon black from scrap tyres Advanced Pyrotech Sdn Bhd (part of the Octagon Consolidated group) is spending Rggt 110 M (about $29 M) to establish a scrap tyres pyrolysis unit at Pulau Indah (Selangor province), which will employ South Korean technology, essentially continuous pyrolysis. From 43,800 tonnes/y of scrap tyres input, the plant should produce: 21,900 tonnes of recovered oil; 13,140 tonnes of carbon black and 4380 tonnes of steel. Initially, the unit will process imported scrap tyre chips, but the usage of scrap tyres from Malyasian sources will be phased in. A substantial proportion of the output will be sold under a seven-year contract with a South Korean company. Under current market conditions, Advanced Pyrotech anticipates selling carbon black at $305 per tonne, while recovered oil is currently valued at $255 per tonne. On these assumptions, the company should realise sales revenue of $10 M from the new plant during the year to end-December 2008. The Star, 18 Jan 2007, (Website: http://www.thestar.com.my)
Norway: Raudfjellet – talc The Geological Survey of Norway has identified the Raudfjellet deposit of talc as showing good potential for commercial development. The resource has been assessed as 40 M tonnes of talc in 75 M tonnes of soapstone. Industrial Minerals, Sep 2006, (468), 90-91
Poland: Sirmax – plastic compounds Sirmax opened its first plastic compounding plant outside Italy last June. The plant is located at Kutno and is capable of producing up to 15,000 tonnes/y of polypropylenebased compounds. PolyOne is about
MARCH 2007
ON
PIGMENTS
to open a coloured masterbatch plant at Kutno and Sirmax will be one of the most prominent local customers. Sirmax reported annual sales revenue at €80 M for full-year 2005. It currently has capacity for 70,000 tonnes/y overall at its four Italian plants – Cittadella, Fonte, Isola Vicentina and Tombolo. The Fonte plant specialises in recycled products. Plastiques et Caoutchoucs Magazine, Dec 2006, (845), 20 (in French)
Singapore: Resin & Pigment Technologies - plastics compounding Resin & Pigment Technologies Ltd (R&P) has relocated its 20,000 tonnes/y plastics compounding facilities to the Jurong Logistics Terminal (JLT) estate on Jurong Island. The JLT estate is owned by Katoen Natie (of Antwerp) and the aim of the relocation move is to enable R&P to “deliver the logistics and infrastructure needed to transport bulk polymers.” Plastics and Rubber Asia, Dec 2006, 21 (146), 19
Spain & US: Ferro – ceramic colorants Ferro Corp (of Cleveland, OH) has confirmed that its new plant at Castellon for making ceramic tile colorants (glaze stains and body stains) should open in October 2007, with an initial capacity of 20,000 tonnes/y. About 680 people will be employed here. Meanwhile, Ferro plans to shut down its ceramic products plant at Niagara Falls, NY, essentially because of weak market demand. About 150 people will lose their jobs. The Niagara Falls plant will continue to make dielectrics, but in due course production of dielectrics will be transferred to other sites in the US and in the Netherlands. Industrial Minerals, Jan 2007, (472), 20
Taiwan: DuPont – TiO2 DuPont plans to raise the capacity of its KuanYin TiO2 pigment plant beyond the current level of 120,000 tonnes/y. The expansion project should be completed within two years. DuPont declined to reveal the scale of the expansion to ICIS, but local news sources indicate that the project will
cost $30 M and will entail a 30,000 tonnes/y increment in capacity. ICIS Chemical Business, 15 Jan 2007, (Website: http://icischemicalbusiness.com)
Thailand: Elastomix – rubber masterbatch Elastomix, an affiliate of Japan Synthetic Rubber (JSR), has upgraded the efficiency of its rubber masterbatch plant at Rayong. Output for full-year 2006 is expected to reach 16,000 tonnes. Japan Chemical Week, 14 Dec 2006, 47 (2396), 4
Ukraine: Krymsky Titan - TiO2 ZAO Krymsky Titan has recently spent $1.4 M on new equipment for its Armyansk TiO2 plant, including five new filtering centrifuges and five new vacuum crystallisation units for the Titan-1 production line. Essentially, the new equipment facilitates the separation of iron sulfate from titanyl sulfate, following the acid digestion stage of the process. The company should reach its production target of 91,000 tonnes for 2006 and its programme for expanding to 120,000 tonnes/y by 2010 remains on track. Total Ukrainian TiO2 pigment output was 119,843 tonnes for the first 11 months of 2006, representing a 0.8% decline on the previous year. Vestnik Khimicheskoi Promyshlennosty, 15 Sep 2006, 2006 (3), 69 (in Russian) & Ukrainian News, 26 Dec 2006
Ukraine: Sumy – carotene/iron oxide pigment OAO Sumy Khimprom has completed a $120,000 programme to refurbish a unit for manufacturing a proprietary pigment, blended from beta-carotene and red iron oxide. Product performance has been greatly enhanced by improving the stability of the pigment product. Vestnik Khimicheskoi Promyshlennosty, 10 Dec 2006, 2006 (4), 56 (in Russian)
US: Americhem – plastics masterbatch Americhem Inc is a major producer of masterbatches, with sales revenue of the order of $200 M. It is currently stepping up its US capacity for colour masterbatches in order to cope with
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