2003/7/30　China Chemical Reporter

Blue Star Merges Tianjin Petrochemical Plant 　　　　　　中国藍星(集団）
　　　http://www.ccr.com.cn/news_view.asp?ID=314

Sinopec Tianjin Petrochemical Company signed an agreement with China Blue Star (Group) Corporation in Tianjin on July 18. According to the agreement, most part of assets and 1 450 employees in Tianjin Petrochemical Plant, a subsidiary of unlisted Sinopec Tianjin Petrochemical Company, were incorporated into China Blue Star (Group) Corporation.

China National Bluestar (Group) Corporation　　　

　http://www.china-bluestar.com/eindex.html

China National Bluestar (Group) Corporation is an enterprise of production and management in diversified businesses. The Group owns 10specialized companies and is also the holding company of three listed companies in the stock market, namely "Bluestar Cleaning" "Star New Chemical Materials" "South-West Chemical Machinery". Its leading businesses include New Chemical Materials, Engineering Plastics, Chemical Cleaning, and Membrane Technology.

・The first specialized cleaning company in China
・The biggest capacity of industrial cleaners and auto use chemical products
・The largest facility of producing organic silicon
・The largest PBT unit by DMT continuous process in Asia
・The biggest production plant in China of series photosensitive materials
・The biggest production plant of Bisphenol A and Epoxy Resin in China
・The biggest production of ionic membrane electrobath for caustic soda
・The biggest company in the membrane industry in China
・The largest auto service franchise group
・The No. 1 brand of Chinese fast food ---- Malan Noodle.

"BLUESTAR" has been recognized as the No.1 famous industrial service trademark in China.

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2006-9-4 China Chemical Reporter

Bluestar New Chemical Materials to Launch Projects

Bluestar New Chemical Materials Co., Ltd. announced on August 15th, 2006 that it has decided to build newly 90 000 t/a bisphenol A project and 30 000 t/a epichlorohydrin (ECH) project, for further promoting phenol/acetone - bisphenol A- epoxy resin products chain.
The 90 000 t/a bisphenol A project will be constructed in Nantong Xingchen Synthetic Material Co., Ltd. with a total investment of around RMB583.65 million. Bluestar New Chemical Material will extend an investment of RMB161.23 in its wholly owned subsidiary Nantong Xingchen.
30 000 t/a ECH project and its matching facilities is underway in Bluestar New Chemical Material (Yancheng) Co., Ltd., a 70% equity subsidiary of Blue New Chemical Material, with a total investment of RMB526.56 million. 塩城

ACW 2003-11-20

China's government approves merger of Blue Star, Haohua Chem

China's State Council has approved the merger of two state-owned companies - China National Blue Star (Group) Corp and China Haohua昊華 Chemical Industrial (Group) Corp, source said.
( http://www.haohuachem.com/eindex.htm )


The parent company has been seeking growth through acquisitions of companies. Earlier this year, Blue Star acquired a refinery and a polypropylene (PP) unit from Tianjin Petrochemical, a Sinopec subsidiary. Both units were understood to be making losses before the acquisition and have small capacities.

Haohua is a manufacturer of organic fluoro rubber and silicon rubber which are used in mechanical hydraulic systems, lubricating systems, bearings and driving seals because of their heat resistant properties, raw materials such as calcium carbide, barium and strontium salts, and other products including fertilisers, pesticides, fine chemicals and chemical equipment.

2004/5/10 China Chemical Reporter 　　　　　　　　　　　　　合併承認

China National Chemical Corporation
http://www.ccr.com.cn/news_view.asp?ID=433

The state-run chemical conglomerate was officially launched in Beijing on May 9th based on the merger between two state-owned chemical giants-China National Blue Star (Group) Corporation and China Haohua Chemical Industrial (Group) Corporation (CHC)

The new conglomerate is named China National Chemical Corporation (CNCC).
　　　中国化工集団公司　http://www.chemchina.com.cn/job.htm

Chinese Chemical Reporter 2003/8/18

Chinese Phenol Industry Meet with High Investment
　　http://www.ccr.com.cn/news_view.asp?ID=324

It is reported the production capacity of domestic four big phenol/ acetone production base will be expanded from the existing 425 000 t/a to 760 000 t/a, nearly double the original capacity.

The phenol production capacity in Harbin Huayu Corp. will be increased from 45 000 t/a to 200 000 t/a. At present, the public service in Huayu has been in construction and the phenol expansion project is planning to put on stream at the end of next year. The phenol production capacity in Jilin Chemical Industry Company (吉林) will be added to 120 000 t/a from the existing 60 000 t/a and put into production in August this year. Sinopec Yanshan Petrochemical Company (燕山) has two sets of phenol plants, one is an 80 000 t/a phenol unit in the east area and the other is a 100 000 t/a phenol unit in the west area. In September this year, 100 000 t/a phenol plant in Yanshan Petrochemical Company will be expanded to 160 000 t/a. Sinopec Shanghai Gaoqiao Petrochemical Company（上海高橋） also has two sets of phenol plants with capacity of 60 000 t/a respectively, which will be moved to Shanghai Caojing Development Zone for reconstruction with planning production capacity of 200 000 t/a.

China Chemical Reporter 2003-8-25

Sichuan Introduces Technique to Produce 1,4-butanediol
　　　http://www.ccr.com.cn/news_view.asp?ID=328

Sichuan Tianhua Co Ltd. （四川天化）signed a contract on technique transfer of 1,4-butanediol with Du Pont of the United States in Sichuan on August 14, 2003.
The project, located in the Western Chemical Park of Luzhou（瀘州）, Sichuan Province, will produce 1,4-butanediol instead of imports, based on raw materials including natural gas, adopting the mature technique of Du Pont.
It is reported that Sichuan Tianhua Co Ltd. is the first domestic producer to produce 1,4-butanediol introducing the advanced technique.

　

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化学工業日報　2003年10月14日

インビスタ、中国社に１．４ＢＤ技術を供与

インビスタは中国の四川天華股〓有限公司に１・４ブタンジオール（１・４ＢＤ）の生産技術を供与することで合意した。

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SICHUAN TIANHUA CO.LTD 　（LTH Group）　　　　　　　

　　　http://yun.cdcom.com.cn/e-index.htm

The company possesses a large-scale nitrogen fertilizer unit with a capacity of 300,000 MTPY ammonia and 520,000 MTPY urea,which was introduced from Italy and enjoys the advanced process and technique level in the nineties.

Lutianhua Group Incorporated (hereinafter referred to as LTH Group) was born in November, 1959 in Luzhou-a well-known city famous for its rich culture and long history in the southern part of Sichuan, China. Endowed with abundant natural resources, charming mountains and the surging Yangtze River.

　

Asia Chemical Weekly 　2003/8/27

China's Shaanxi Weihe begins 200 kt/yr methanol project     

China's Shaanxi Weihe Coal Chemical Group Co  ( 陝西渭河) has started building a 200 000 tonne/year methanol plant in Weinan, Shaanxi, according to a company source.   The methanol project, which is scheduled for startup in H1 2005, will use local technology licensed by Hangzhou Linda Chemical Technology Engineering.   Feedstock for the project will come from a nearby coal-gasification unit which uses Texaco's technology.   The facility will be Weihe's first methanol plant. The company currently produces 300 000 tonne/year of ammonia and 520 000 tonne/year of urea at the same site.

China Chemical Reporter》News (2003-08-26)

Cooperation between Blue Star and Tioz of Korea

Tioz of Korea signed a contract with China Blue Star Group on July 29 on establishing a joint venture photo-catalyst plant in Beijing.

Tioz separated itself from LG Electronic in January last year. It is specialized in the operation of new environmental protection materials and supplies photo-catalyst products to LG Group and Hyundai Group.

* Tioz 　酸化チタン TiOz　から

August 28, 2003 Phillip Townsend

China to Be the Next Polypropylene Super-Power Predicts Phillip Townsend Associates
　　　http://www.ptai.com/pages/news/2003_08_27.html

China will soon surpass the United States as the largest single country consuming polypropylene, according to the recently released 9th edition of Phillip Townsend Associates Inc.'s (PTAI) Polypropylene Annual Report.
"SINOPEC currently ranks as the second-largest producer in the world, while PetroChina, the 13th-largest polypropylene producer, has signed a licensing agreement with Basell that will essentially double its capacity by 2007."


"India is another country whose polypropylene consumption is growing rapidly, even more rapidly than China," Smith added. "India will add another 0.4 million tonnes of polypropylene capacity in the next five years.

Chemnet Tokyo　2003/8/29

テルモが中国の医療費大幅増を予測
　　2001年の7.4兆円が07年に13兆円に

　中国の杭州市と長春市（合弁）で医療機器を生産しているテルモ

　

Chemnet Tokyo　2003/9/29

エチレン90万トンセンターを早期実現、天津市
　米ダウ・ケミカルなどに参加呼びかけ

中国・天津市は2010年までの同市発展計画を策定、日本、韓国などからの企業誘致にのりだしたが、引き続き米国の産業、金融などへの協力を要請、とりわけ同市浜海新区での石油・石油化学開発計画の早期実現をはかることになった。

　

天津市計画　エチレン　90万トン、投資総額 26.06億ドル

窓口　天津市石油化工化繊企画事務室

Platts 2003/10/9

Sichuan Vinylon to complete new VAM unit commissioning by Oct 10

China's Sinopec Sichuan Vinylon Works has begun commissioning its recently expanded 200,000 mt/yr vinyl acetate monomer plant in Sichuan and hopes to complete the process by Friday, a company source said Thursday.

ACW　2003-10-2

China Blue Star to build 100 kt/yr phenol-acetone plant
http://www.chemweekly.com/ReadNews.asp?NewsID=872&BigClassName=Projects&BigClassID=28&SmallClassID=50&SpecialID=0

China Blue Star New Chemical Materials Co plans to build a phenol-acetone plant with a combined capacity of 100 000 tonne/ year in Harbin, Heilongjiang, a company official said.

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March 09, 2004 UOP

Bluestar Selects Sunoco/UOP Technology to Add Phenol-Acetone Capacity
http://www.uop.com/about_uop/press_releases/2004PressReleases/03.09.04.BluestarSelectsPhenol.QMax.htm

Bluestar New Chemical Materials Co., Ltd., Beijing, China, has selected the Sunoco/UOP Phenol process for the expansion of their phenol-acetone facility in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China. Bluestar will also use the Q-Max^TM process to expand its cumene production by 175% to accommodate the increased phenol and acetone capacity. Bluestar's expansion is planned to start up in 2005 and produce a total of 120 KMTA of phenol and acetone.

《China Chemical Reporter》News (2003-10-14)

20-Year Development of Yangzi Petrochemical
　　http://www.sinocheminfo.com/topnews/r200310141014.htm

Sept. 19, 2003 is the 20th anniversary of Yangzi Petrochemical. In these 20 years Yangzi Petrochemical has produced more than 50.0 million tons of commodities and paid back RMB14.8 billion of loans.

October 20, 2003

Atofina to build a new organic peroxides plant in China
　http://www.atofina.com/groupe/gb/f_elf_atofina_2.cfm?droite=actucomm/d_detail.cfm?IdComm=11502

Atofina, the Chemicals Branch of the Total Group, has confirmed its intention to build a new organic peroxides production plant in China.

With an initial 3,000 tpa capacity, this future plant will be built on the Atofina Changshu industrial platform (Shanghai area).

ACW-2003-11-20

China's Sinochem plans ABS, PTMEG plants in Jiangsu province 江蘇省太倉

Sinochem International Co plans to build a 60 000 acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) plant and a 20 000 tonne/year polytetramethylene glycol (PTMEG) at Taicang, Jiangsu, China, according to a company source.


The source said the PTMEG and ABS units would have less than worldscale capacities because the company wanted to test out its newly developed technologies before building larger-scale plants.

China Chemical Reporter 2003/12/1

600 000 T/A Ethylene Project in Lanzhou Approved 　蘭州化学
　　　http://www.ccr.com.cn/news_view.asp?ID=382

A 600 000 t/a ethylene renovation project in Lanzhou Petrochemical Co., Ltd. got approved by the State Council on Dec.1 2003, and will be started for construction soon, with a total investment of RMB 4.75793 billion.
Lanzhou Petrochemical Co., Ltd. is a giant of petrochemicals under CNPC, with a crude oil processing capacity reaching 10.5 million tons per year currently. After the renovation, the production capacity of ethylene will expand to 600 000 t/a from the existing 240 000 t/a. →690,000
The complete sets for the down-stream equipment of the project include the following units:
　200 000 t/a high pressure polyethylene unit;
　200 000 t/a theoretical density polyethylene unit, and
　300 000 t/a polypropylene unit,
which will add a new capacity of 360 000 tons of ethylene,
　400 000 tons of polyethylene, and
　300 000 tons of polypropylene each year.
The renovation project has introduced advanced special technologies for production of polypropylene and polyethylene and taken full advantages of ethylene feedstock, materializing the integration of refining and chemical process, so that it will become the top ethylene production base in the West China.
On June 13, 2003, the ethylene production capacity in Lanzhou Petrochemical Co., Ltd. reached 240 000 tons from the former 165 000 tons yearly, with the test run a success.

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China Chemical Reporter 2005/3/24

600 000 t/a Ethylene Project Starts in Lanzhou

Lanzhou Petrochemical Company Limited’s 600 000 t/a ethylene project started formally construction in the early March 2005 by CNPC with an investment of RMB6 billion. The project approved by the State Council in November 2003 is one of the four refining bases of CNPC, occupying 25 hectares, including apparatus of ethylene, polypropylene (PP), low-density polyethylene (LDPE), all-density polyethylene, attachments and public engineering.

CNPC No.7 Construction Corporation takes in hand the construction of gasoline hydrogenation, PP No.2 section and attachments of sphere pot.

December 9, 2003 GE

GE PLASTICS EXPANDS OPERATIONS IN NANSHA
　-Adding Local Production Capacities for Plastics Compounding and Film Extrusion-
　　　http://www.geplastics.com/press_pack/03_12_10.html

GE Plastics, a division of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), today announced expansion plan for its production capacity in Nansha, Guangdong Province. Joined by Mr. Gu Shiyang, Vice Secretary of Guangzhou Municipal Government, Mr. Yu Yaosheng, Standing Vice Commander in Chief of the Headquarters of Nansha Development Zone, Mr. Luo Zhaoci, Vice Commander in Chief of the Headquarters of Nansha Development Zone and other government representatives, GE Plastic executives officiated the groundbreaking ceremony at the expansion site.