Under the terms of
the agreement, Mitsui would become a 50% equity interest
partner in Dow’s sugar cane
growing operation
in Santa Vitória, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The
initial scope of the joint venture includes production of sugar
cane-derived ethanol for use as a renewable
feedstock source, bringing new, biomass-based feedstocks to
Dow while diversifying the Company’s raw material streams from
traditional fossil fuels. When complete, Dow and Mitsui will
have the world’s largest integrated facility
for the production of biopolymers made from renewable,
sugar-cane derived ethanol. The project aligns with Dow's
goal of developing low carbon solutions to meet the world's
pressing energy and climate change challenges.
Once fully
operational, this platform will be back-integrated into
renewable sugar cane, enabling environmentally sustainable
production of high performance plastics with a reduced carbon
footprint. Biopolymers produced at this facility will be a
green alternative and drop-in replacement for the
high-performance flexible packaging, hygiene and medical
markets, offering customers the same performance attributes
with a more sustainable environmental profile.
The first phase of
the project includes the construction of a new
sugarcane-to-ethanol production facility in Santa Vitória. Construction is expected
to commence in the third quarter of 2011.
取得株式会社の概要（SVAA社）
名称
Santa Vitória Açúcar e
Álcool Ltda
（サンタ ヴィトリア アスーカル エ
アルコール リミターダ）
Dow
Chemical acquired all shares held by Crystalsev project in Santa Vitoria
Sugar and Ethanol Inc., based in the Triangulo Mineiro,
Minas Gerais. Last year, Crystalsev, which was controlled by
Santelisa, passed into the hands of the French group Louis
Dreyfus Commodities.
The
Dow had plans to build a factory to produce ethanol facing the
chemical industry, but the project did not go ahead due to the
crisis Santelisa.
Dow, Santelisa postpone "green" polyethylene project -
Brazil
Brazilian sugar and ethanol producer Santelisa Vale and US-based
Dow Chemical have decided to postpone a US$1bn joint venture to
produce plastic resins from sugarcane, newspaper Valor Economico
reported.
The plant, to be built in Santa Vitoria, Minas Gerais state
includes a sugar and alcohol mill with production capacity of
350,000t/y of polyethylene. Operations were scheduled to come
online in 2011.
The project, announced in July 2007, aimed to combine Brazil's
competitive ethanol output and the technological know-how of
plastics manufacturing, the report read.
The project is considered of strategic importance to Dow since it
aimed to harness a different raw material other than gas and
naphtha in the production of plastics.
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Oct 27, 2009 Reuters
Louis Dreyfus agrees to
take over Brazil's Santelisa
The Brazilian unit of
French commodities group Louis Dreyfus said on Tuesday it agreed
to take over Brazilian firm Santelisa Vale to create the world's
second largest sugar cane processor.
Local unit Louis Dreyfus
Commodities Bioenergia and Santelisa Vale said the new venture,
called LDC-SEV, will control 13 sugar and ethanol plants and have
annual cane crushing capacity of 40 million tonnes, second only
to Brazil's Cosan.
Louis Dreyfus and a group
of financial partners pledged 800 million reais ($460.6 million)
to the venture, the French group said, adding that it will also
assume an undisclosed amount of debt.
Dreyfus will hold a 60
percent stake, Santelisa Vale shareholders will have 18 percent,
third party investors 9 percent and the remaining 13 percent will
be in the hands of banks Goldman Sachs and Brazil's state-run
development bank BNDES, LDC-SEV Chief Executive Bruno Melcher
said.
Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials
Sciences company, and the French starch and starch
derivatives company Roquette Frères today announce that they
will build a commercial scale plant for the production of
bio-based succinic acid, the first non-fossil
feedstock derived chemical building block that allows
customers in the chemical industry to choose a bio-based
alternative with a lower eco-footprint for a broad range
of applications, from packaging to footwear.
With a capacity
of about 10 kilotons per year, the plant will be Europe’s largest bio-based
succinic acid facility. It is expected to come on stream
in H2 2012 and will be built on the premises of Roquette
in Cassano Spinola (Italy).
また、三菱化学は、GS Plaの海外事業展開に向け、PTT
Public Company Limited社（本社：タイ王国バンコク市、総裁：Prasert
Bunsumpun、以下「PTT」、）と合弁会社（以下「新社」）を3月30日付にて設立し、5月2日からの営業を予定しております。新社においては、GS
PlaR事業の投資計画検討や更なるマーケティング等を実施してまいりますが、原料となるバイオコハク酸の供給体制については、新社だけでなくBioAmber社及び三井物産とともに検討を進めてまいります。
PTTMCC plans to
produce 20,000 tonnes of bidegradable
polybutylene succinate (PBS) annually, using sugar as its
primary raw material and 36,000 tonnes
of substrates for bio-succinic acid (BSA バイオコハク酸) per year.
The plant will be located at the Asia Industrial Estate in
Rayong on a 40-acre plot of land40 acres plot of land and
production is set to start in 2014. The investment will push
Thailand to become Asias biohub, Mr Prasert said.
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平成22年7月22日 三菱化学
タイPTT社と共同でタイにおける生分解性樹脂普及プログラム支援実施
三菱化学は、この度タイ王国政府科学技術省国立イノベーション機構（National
Innovation Agency 、以下「NIA」)が進めているバイオポリマー普及プロジェクトの一環として、生分解性樹脂普及プログラムにPTT Public Company Limited社（本社：タイ王国バンコク市、総裁：Prasert
Bunsumpun、以下「PTT」）及びサメット海洋国立公園
(Samet Marine National Park)と提携し、共同で実施いたします。
The new Acrylic Acid &
Acrylates Complex will be located in the territory of Monomer Plant of
Gazprom neftekhim Salavat JSC.
It consists of crude Acrylic Acid Unit with capacity
of 80 kta, Butyl Acrylates Unit (acrylic acid
ethers and butanol) with capacity of 80 kta and
Glacial Acrylic Acid Unit with capacity of 35 kta.
The design capacity of the new Complex of Gazprom neftekhim Salavat is
planned to be reached by fourth quarter of 2015.
Innovia
Group, the global leader in high-tech film products for
industrial applications and banknotes, today announces an
agreement to sell its Cellophane business
and assets to Futamura Chemicals
Co., Ltd. The deal is expected to complete on or before 30 June,
2016. Based in Nagoya, Japan, Futamura is a leading manufacturer
of plastic and cellulose films, principally servicing the food
packaging industry.
Following the sale, Innovia will continue to deepen its focus on
its fast-growing and world-leading polymer bank note business
and on building on its market leading and differentiated ‘double
bubble’ biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) films business.
In the BOPP business, Innovia will continue its focus and
investment on differentiated product development for its core
and new markets. Innovia is well established as the world’s
leading provider of technologically advanced polymer banknote
substrate and by the end of 2016 will have manufactured more
than 50 billion Guardian® banknotes for central banks around the
world. From its new facility in Wigton, Innovia will be
manufacturing the new polymer banknote substrate for the Bank of
England beginning with the £5 note due to be issued in September
2016 and the new £10 note in 2017.
Mark Robertshaw, Chief Executive of Innovia Group, said:
“The sale of our Cellophane business is an important strategic
step for Innovia. Futamura is an excellent long term owner for
Cellophane, with its core business focussed on cellulose and
plastic films. In line with our strategy, we will continue to
focus on building our polymer films and banknote business where
we see significant growth potential. In particular, the benefits
of our polymer technology for banknotes have proven to reduce
counterfeiting levels significantly and to reduce substantially
the lifetime costs to central banks which we expect will
continue to drive long term demand for polymer banknotes across
the globe.”
Yasuo Nagae, President of Futamura Chemical Co., Ltd, said:
“The acquisition of the Innovia’s Cellophane business will
enhance our product range and presence across the globe. It
supports our ambition to serve our key customers through local
manufacturing facilities offering the highest standards of
delivery by experienced personnel. We look forward to welcoming
Innovia’s Cello employees into our family.”
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リチウムイオン電池は、スマートフォンやタブレット端末など民生携帯機器用途を中心に伸長してきました。また、最近ではハイブリッド自動車（HV）やプラグインハイブリッド自動車（PHV）、電気自動車（EV）など環境対応型自動車向け用途で大きな成長が期待されており、時期は業界の従来予想より遅れたものの、実需が立ち上がりつつあります。また、定置蓄電用途や産業用途などへの展開も更に進むことが見込まれます。
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特に中国では政府の補助金による促進政策もあり、EV及び車載用リチウムイオン電池の市場が急速に拡大しています。電解液を含む電池材料も需要が急伸する一方で、新興メーカーの台頭もあり競争が激化しています。
