TAGS: Formulations and Transparency Flame Retardants Sustainability / Natural Solutions K Show 2022
UniteChem Group announces that it starts expansion with major investments in global production capacity and local customer support. The growing portfolio will be on display during K 2022 from October 19 to 26 in Düsseldorf, Hall 8a, Booth E33.
New Plants to Begin in 2022-2024
The Group’s current 80,000 tons capacity for intermediates is being ramped up to more than 300,000 tons with an expansion of its existing Suqian facilities. In addition, three new plants are scheduled to come on-stream in 2022-2024 at Nanchong (Sichuan), Shengjin and Shengrui (both Jiangsu).
These significant investments will also allow UniteChem to integrate further intermediates in its production and support the availability of new additive solutions.
Capacity in finished products will be more than doubled by an increase of 50,000 tons to meet growing customer demands for both existing and new products, such as
UV absorbers – produced in a novel environmentally friendly process – as well as
nucleating agents and other stabilizers.
The Group is investing in recycling, reuse and reduction initiatives at its production sites. Installed capabilities today include 280,000 m³/hr of waste gas treatment using regenerative thermal oxidization (RTO) technology, 1,800 m³/day of wastewater treatment, and 8,800 tons/year of solid chemical waste treatment.
Products to be Commercialized Soon
UniteChem will soon commercialize LS-4050 (in 2023), a low-molecular weight HALS for thick-wall items, as well as several halogen-free bisphenol A bis (diphenyl phosphate) BDP and piperazine pyrophosphate (PAPP)
flame retardants for demanding components such as multi-fiber push on (MPO) connectors, and two high-heat polyamide (PA) stabilizers for automotive parts and fibers.
Innovative product developments in the pilot stage include new HALS NO-R grade,
state-of-the-art stabilizers for high-pesticide agricultural applications, and various
nucleating agents mainly for use in polyolefins (PP, PE) but also in polyethylene terephthalate (PET), engineering polyesters (PBT) and polylactic acid (PLA).
After establishing a warehouse in Antwerp, Belgium, and opening a Sales office in Düsseldorf, the next steps in expanding the European footprint of UniteChem will be to double its workforce and bring its technical support even closer to local customers.
The Group is also looking at potential further logistic sites in other EU countries, e.g. Italy, to improve the availability of product samples and accelerate the time-to-market of innovative new applications.
Source: UniteChem