TAGS: Polymer Reinforcement
Denka Company Limited announces that it has decided to establish a joint venture company to operate a business manufacturing and selling acetylene black jointly with SCG Chemicals Public Company Limited to construct a plant for the production of acetylene black in Map Ta Phut, Rayong Province, Thailand.
Annual Production Capacity of Approx 11,000 tons
Decision making by SCGC’s governing body is a condition precedent to the above decision and the decision-making by SCGC is planned to take place within 2023.
The joint venture company will be established for the purpose of improving production and sales systems for Denka’s acetylene black (DENKA BLACK
® and DENKA BLACK Li as DENKA BLACK
®/ Li), a type of carbon black.
In addition to its superior conductivity, DENKA BLACK
®/ Li has very low amounts of metal, sulfur and other impurities due to Denka’s proprietary thermal decomposition and synthesis technology. It is used in the lithium-ion batteries of xEVs and the high-voltage power transmission cables of offshore wind farms, and it is anticipated that the demand related to these applications is expected to expand further in the future.
In our “Mission 2030” management plan, Denka also positions DENKA BLACK
®/ Li as a key product in the “ICT & Energy” focus area. Denka’s acetylene black is currently manufactured in three locations in and outside Japan. By establishing a new manufacturing base and constructing a plant with an annual production capacity of approximately 11,000 tons in Thailand, Denka will increase the stability of the supply of DENKA BLACK
®/ Li. Denka continues to contribute to people's lives and the society through the chemistry we can be proud of to the world for the purpose of ‘Make the world a better place as specialists in chemistry.’
Source: Denka Company