Suzhou HiPro to Expand Bio-polyamide Capacity

The first issue of Biomaterials China News published by CCM International indicates that Suzhou HiPro Polymers Co., Ltd. (Suzhou HiPro), a leading enterprise specialized in production and marketing of bio-polyamide (bio-nylon) from castor oil, will launch a new production line with capacity of 10,000t/a in Q3 2012.

Suzhou HiPro started the construction of the new production line on June 16, 2011 and might continue expanding its bio-polyamide capacity in the next several years. Mr. Dong, sales manager from Suzhou HiPro introduced that its bio-polyamide output may increase from about 1,000 tonnes in 2010 to about 1,600 tonnes in 2011, thanks to the gradually increasing demand from some high-end products, such as superior automobiles and electronic products.

As the largest bio-polyamide producer in China, Suzhou HiPro is very confident on the development prospect of bio-polyamide, especially in China.

Although average sales price of bio-polyamide is two-three times of that of oil-based polyamide, biopolyamide has the following advantages. As an environmental friendly material, bio-polyamide may be more popular in domestic automobile industry, electronic products industry and plastic industry.

Currently, China is the second largest castor seed production country in the world and China's castor seed output volume accounts for 20% of the total in the world, which can provide sufficient raw material for domestic bio-polyamide producers.

More details are in Biomaterials China News. If you need free sample of this newsletter, please contact us at econtact@cnchemicals.com.

Hot News of Biomaterials China News include:

-China to accelerate development of biomaterials

-Overview of development of milk protein fiber in China

-Worldwide economic downturn affects PTT sales in China

-PHA manufacturers to benefit from the ban on plastic in Europe and in America

-Chitosan fiber still has a long distance to the industrial production

-Suzhou HiPro to expand its bio-polyamide capacity

-Wanwei Updated High-tech expands PVA capacity

-Nanyang Zhongju Tianguan to expand its PPC resin capacity

-Zhejiang Hisun to expand its PLA capacity in 2013

-Changchun Dacheng expands its corn-based monoethylene glycol capacity

-RSPC accelerates its expansion of PTT upstream production lines

-Zhangjiagang Huamei to launch PDO products in April 2012

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Changchun Dacheng Expands Corn-based Monoethylene Glycol Capacity

CCM International has published Biomaterials China News, which is a brand-new newsletter. The first issue indicates that Changchun Dacheng Industrial Group Co., Ltd. (Changchun Dacheng), a large corn processing company in Jilin Province, is actively constructing a new corn-based chemical alcohol production line with capacity of 500,000t/a, which will be completed before the end of 2012.

Changchun Dacheng started the construction in H1 2011. According to Miss Ge, a staff from the sales department of Changchun Dacheng, total capacity of chemical alcohol in Changchun Dacheng will reach about 700,000t/a in 2012. The new production line will also mainly produce monoethylene glycol (MEG), propylene glycol (PG) and butylene glycol (BG), etc., the same as the existing production line of corn-based chemical alcohol.

There are three reasons to explain why Changchun Dacheng is actively strengthening its competitive advantages on corn-based MEG in China. Firstly, domestic demand for MEG still increases gradually in recent years. It is reported that China's import volume of MEG has increased to about 6.6 million tonnes in 2010 from about 5.2 million tonnes in 2008.

Secondly, it is estimated that China's import volume of MEG may reach above 7 million tonnes in 2011. As China pays more attention to environmental protection and energy safety, more and more oil-based MEG will be replaced by corn-based MEG in China.

Thirdly, since 2009, Changchun Dacheng has been cooperating with Donghua University and HTT Corporation Ltd. (HTT Corporation, a textile company located in Quanzhou City, Fujian Province), to develop Poly Dihydricalcohols Terephthalate (PDT, a new textile raw material produced by corn-based MEG).

Based on the above facts, although the development of domestic corn-based MEG industry is still facing some obstacles, like the limited demand and higher price, more and more domestic companies may invest in corn-based MEG with increasing new application fields and growing demand from downstream products in China.

Biomaterials China News will share you with more data and detailed reasons why Changchun Dacheng is actively expanding its corn-based MEG business. Don’t miss it. If you need free sample of this newsletter, please contact us at econtact@cnchemicals.com.

Specific News of Biomaterials China News include:

-China to accelerate development of biomaterials

-Overview of development of milk protein fiber in China

-Worldwide economic downturn affects PTT sales in China

-PHA manufacturers to benefit from the ban on plastic in Europe and in America

-Chitosan fiber still has a long distance to the industrial production

-Suzhou HiPro to expand its bio-polyamide capacity

-Wanwei Updated High-tech expands PVA capacity

-Nanyang Zhongju Tianguan to expand its PPC resin capacity

-Zhejiang Hisun to expand its PLA capacity in 2013

-Changchun Dacheng expands its corn-based monoethylene glycol capacity

-RSPC accelerates its expansion of PTT upstream production lines

-Zhangjiagang Huamei to launch PDO products in April 2012

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CCM International Acquires Three Awards on Science and Technology

Yuexiu District Innovative Community Development and Technology Reward Conference was held at the 3rd Floor Auditorium of Guangzhou Yuexiu District Office Building on December 14^th , 2011. Delegates from CCM International were invited to attend this event.

CCM International acquired the rewards of “2009-2010 Leading Group for Promoting Science and Technology Development in Yuexiu District” and “2011 Guangzhou Yuexiu District Outstanding Enterprise on Intellectual Property”. In addition, CEO of CCM International was awarded as “2009-2010 Leading Individual for Promoting Science and Technology Development in Yuexiu District”.

Governmental committee of Yuexiu District has been highly concentrated on the development of science and technology for a long time. Taking innovation enhancement as the top issue, the government accelerates the transformation of district economy development system and achieves remarkable success. The comprehensive strength of science and technology in Yuexiu District ranks top in Guangzhou, which opens new chapter in the Yuexiu District’s development of science and technology.

And those who are engaged in the development of science and technology have play important roles during this process and their dedicated spirit should be greatly promoted. 2009-2010 Leading Groups and Individuals for Promoting Science and Technology Development in Yuexiu District, Excellent Leaders and Enterprises of Huanghua Science and Technology Garden, etc., were rewarded during the event. In addition, 8 innovative enterprises on science and technology, 20 outstanding enterprises on intellectual property and 10 engineering technology development centers were authorized in the conference as well.

CCM International will make greater effort to further develop science and technology. The company will keep enhancing innovation awareness, expanding working solutions and improving working methods, as well as conquering difficulties in the process of developing science and technology.

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2011 Annual Performance of Major Corn Products in China

There are great challenges, as well as huge opportunities of China's corn product industry in 2011. Different corn products have different performance during the whole year, affected by the factors of high raw materials cost, domestic inflation, government's strict supervision or even restriction, as well as some booming downstream markets.

As the most important raw material of corn products, corn always attracts abundant attention. And corn price had run an uptrend in general from Jan. to Sept. 2011 majorly because of its insufficient supply. The average domestic market price of corn increased by 18.6% to USD363/t in Dec. 2011 compared with that in Jan. 2011, partly caused by which, corn products' average prices also rose by 8% during the same period.

Based on the sound economic environment and some promising market situations, a few corn products have enjoyed fast development in 2011, such as starch sugar, especially HFCS (high fructose corn syrup), some amino acids, like lysine. Take HFCS as an example, due to the insufficient supply of sucrose and its high price in 2011, HFCS' demand and price have enjoyed obvious increase, attracting lots of producers to enter into this industry or expand the production of HFCS, whose capacity all over the country reaches about 3 million t/a in 2011, up 38.9% over that in 2010.

However, some corn products have suffered bad market situation in 2011, like vitamin c (VC). Owing to VC's terrible oversupply, domestic and export prices of VC have maintained a low level in 2011, resulting in great loss of VC producers.

As for future development in 2012, policies, market and industry environment make 2012 a key year for corn product's development. With the expected growth of China's economy in 2012, domestic corn product industry will still boom, but production costs will remain a problem, whilst corn price will still run at a high level due to the tight relationship between corn's supply and demand, even though corn's output enjoyed a bumper harvest in 2011. Besides, governmental restrictions will be still the leading factor to affect the industry, while it's a great opportunity for large enterprises to develop further by merging small ones.

The detailed annual review of China’s corn product industry in 2011 is shared in CCM International’s December issue of Corn Products China News. If you need a more comprehensive understanding, please feel free to contact us.

Highlight News of Corn Products China News 1112:

-VC's demand structure should be changed in the future in view of its serious current oversupply situation.

-Corn products' import and export volumes increase by 66% and 17% respectively in Oct. 2011 compared with those in the previous month.

-Lysine price in China maintains a downtrend in Dec. 2011, and will keep that way in the short run as predicted.

-Domestic corn starch price in Dec. 2011 still maintains a downtrend due to oversupply.

-Development of fuel ethanol using grain as feedstock will be restricted in China by new policies published in Nov. 2011.

-2011 edition of the guide of key fields in high technology industry with priority to develop was forwarded by CBFIA on 19 Nov. 2011, involving some corn products.

-In late November, the Chinese government launches a new announcement to reduce the business income tax for small and micro enterprises in the next four years.

-Output of sucrose in 2011/2012 is expected to increase to 12 million tonnes in China, negatively affecting the starch sugar industry.

-Corn price in China begins to bottom out in Dec. 2011, majorly thanks to its demand increase.

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Domestic Pesticide Market Remains Depressed

Statistics from National Bureau shows that China's pesticide output reached 1.92 million tonnes in Q1-Q3 2011, up 15.7% compared with that at the same period last year. Pesticide output in the whole year of 2011 is predicted to reach about 2.5 million tonnes. Although the amount of pesticide output and sales volume in 2011 is predicted to increase to a certain extent, domestic pesticide industry still seems to be trapped in downturn.

According to the 2011 Q3 financial reports of all the listed pesticide companies in China, net profit of Q1-Q3 in 2011 only reached USD100.66 million, down 32.28% compared with that at the same period last year.

Overcapacity is still considered to be the main reason for the depressed domestic pesticide market. At the beginning of 2011, although insiders have ever predicted that domestic pesticide industry may recover in 2011 due to the prediction of price increase of raw materials, the intense competition and lagging price increase of pesticides have made the industry remain in downturn.

Cracking down and standardizing the chaotic pesticide industry, creating orderly production, investing more in new pesticide R&D, etc. are considered to be good ways to ease the downturn in domestic pesticide industry. Unfortunately, things can’t be changed easily. The severe overcapacity problem in China might still hinder the development of domestic pesticide industry in the next few years.

All findings are from CCM International’s Crop Protection China News. If you are interested in this newsletter, please feel free to contact us.

Specific Headline News of Crop Protection China News 1123:

-According to the performance of domestic listed pesticide enterprises in Q1-Q3 2011, the recovery of domestic pesticide industry has not been realized yet. Overcapacity is still the main reason to drag domestic pesticide industry in downturn.

-Some large agrochemical companies in China have encountered troubles in their business due to the implementation of chain store operation mode, which may be the common difficulties for most of them in China.

-An international press conference, held by Bayer AG in Shanghai on 16 Nov., 2011, declared its expansion plans in Asia in the next four years.

-As more pesticide enterprises in China started to register for nitenpyram formulation and technical production, nitenpyram market is predicted to have an upward trend in the coming years.

-High price of toosedarin insecticides impedes its large promotion in China.

-Registration of the first coumoxystrobin mixed formulation, namely coumoxystrobin·tebuconazole 40% SC, will be approved by the Ministry of Agriculture in 2012.

-CMST released the 12th Five-Year Plan of Biotechnology Development (2011-2015) on 28 Nov., 2011 aiming to better support the development of biotechnology.

-46.7 million ha. arable land in  suitable region in China would be subsoiled again till 2015, trying to enter farming cycle "subsoil the same land once every three years".

-There are some emerging corn pests and diseases beginning to spread in 2011, while proxenus lepigone among them broken out is not an original corn pest.

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Glyphosate 10% SL to be Restricted in China from Jan 1, 2012

CCM International’s December Issue of Glyphsoate China Monthly Report has been published on December 20^th, 2012. The news that Glyphosate 10% is forbidden to be sold in China attracts much attention.

From January 1,  2012, glyphosate 10% SL can't be sold and all forms of glyphosate 10% SL will be considered as illegal products. Actually, the Chinese government has announced the forbidden registration of glyphosate 10% SL from 2010.

The main reason why the Chinese government decided to ban the registration and use of glyphosate 10% SL is because that glyphosate 10% SL produced from glyphosate mother liquid is harmful to the environment, as it contains some untreated constituents such as formaldehyde and heavy metal.

Glyphosate 10% SL used to be the most popular herbicide in China and dominated over 70% of the domestic glyphosate market before 2009. According to the registration data from ICAMA, China had more than 250 registrations of glyphosate 10% SL before 2009. The output of glyphosate 10% SL was estimated to be over 600,000 tonnes and the consumption volume was 400,000 tonnes in China in 2008. Chinese producers usually sell 10% SL in local markets that is close to their production sites to reduce high transportation cost.

There are two main reasons why glyphosate 10% SL was so popular in the past. The first and the most important one is that glyphosate 10% SL could be produced from glyphosate mother liquid, so glyphosate technical manufacturers could escape from treating glyphosate mother liquid, which required high technology and much cost. The second one is that glyphosate 10% SL is the earliest specification which had been introduced to the market by domestic producers in the 1980s, and Chinese farmers are familiar with this easy-to-use formulation.

More details about the forbidden use of glyphosate 10% SL, please check CCM International’s December Issue of Glyphsoate China Monthly Report. If you need more information, please feel free to contact us.

Specific Headline News of Glyphosate China Monthly Report 1112:

-SinoChem Corporation plans IPO, and it will become the largest listed company who owns pesticide business including glyphosate.

-Nantong Jiangshan launched its 20,000t/a amide herbicide production lines, abating its reliance on glyphosate business.

-Glyphosate technical adopting glycine route remains the most competitive in 2011.

-450g/L glyphosate IPA is the most popular glyphosate formulation in Australia.

-China's glyphosate industry of 2011 is briefly reviewed.

-Glyphosate 10% SL to forbidden to be sold in China.

-Long-term depressed IDAN market disappoints IDAN investors.

-China has developed active carbon catalyzed PMIDA oxidation under microwave.

-Glyphosate price keeps stable in December 2011 and is still undervalued.

-Glyphosate export price increased in October 2011.

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China Crop Protection Summit 2012 Welcomes Your Participation

First launched in 2009, China Crop Protection Summit (CCPS), organized by CCM International, will be held in Shanghai Ramada Plaza Gateway on March 8^th  to March 9th, 2012. Aiming to provide you a perfect platform for discussion and communication, CCPS 2012 will continue to deliver you 0.5 day pre-conference workshop, plus 1.5 days conference with more than 15 hot topics.

Dr. Peter Nightingale, Director of Development Chemicals Ltd. and Dr. Robert Bryant, Director of Agranova; Development Chemicals Ltd. will be the workshop leader in the seminar of “Process technology for producing agrochemical actives - the foundation for profitable business”. Their excellent speech and insightful opinions must arouse great interest among participants.

The conference will focus on three sections, including commercial opportunities, the latest dynamics and challenges, hotspots in global crop protection industry. Mr. Gregory A. Hanger, Business Development Leader of Dow AgroSciences LLC will deliver a remarkable keynote speech on “Driving Forces that are Changing Crop Protection Markets”. Mr. Hanger is a famous expert on crop protection field, who makes great influence to the industry.

In addition,  distinguished experts with specific speech topics include:

- Market Situation and Opportunity of Non-crop Pesticides in China

Jinyu Zhang, Business Manager, BASF

- BioPesticide Industry- Global Challenges and Opportunities

Dr. Venkatesh Devanur, Managing Director, SOM Phytopharma (India) Limited

-What is Relationship Marketing? How do Chinese Agriculture Input Retailers Build Guanxi with Farmers?

Norman Lai, Corporate Advisor, CCM International

- Understand the Latest Policy for China's Seed Industry

Yifa Wang, Professor, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences

- Current Situation and Governmental Solution of Agricultural Environment in China

Cong Zhang, Professor, China Agricultural University

- Identify the Latest EC Formulations Policy

Fuliang Chen, Professor, Plant Protection Institute of CAAS

- China’s Pesticide Export and Import 2011

Yueli Zhang, Registered Consulting Engineer, China National Chemical Corporation

- Attractiveness of Foliar Fertilizer Market in China

Shicheng Wang, General Manager, Beijing Xinhefeng Agrochemical Co., Ltd.

-Bright Prospect for Strobilurin Fungicides in China

Qingsong Wang, Vice General Manager, Shanghai HeBen-EastSun Medicaments Co., Ltd.

CCPS is such a great event that you can not miss. It’s a great opportunity to learn the latest information and industrial trend from leading institutions and companies, as well as networking with crop production experts at home and abroad. During this event, you might seek cooperation with domestic companies and discover new business opportunities for your future development.

For more information about CCPS 2012, please check our website page: http://www.cnchemicals.com/Event/EventDetail.aspx?EventId=26, or contact us at econtact@cnchemicals.com; 86-20-37616606.

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