Glory Biomaterial's first phase of biological PDO programme enters pilot production

In Jan. 2013, the 20,000t/a 1,3-propanediol (PDO) production line owned by Zhangjiagang Glory Biomaterial Co., Ltd. (Glory Biomaterial) entered pilot production, according to the latest report in Biomaterials China News issued by CCM in February.

The 20,000t/a PDO production line is just the first phase of the biological PDO programme of Glory Biomaterial. The biological PDO programme was started in Sept. 2011, with the planned capacity of 65,000t/a and a total investment of about USD24 million (RMB150 million). Glory Biomaterial was established specially for the biological PDO programme by Zhangjiagang Glory Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (Glory Chemical) and Softbank China Venture Capital Ltd. (SBCVC). Glory Chemical is the domestic cooperative partner of DuPont to help DuPont produce its terephthalate (PTT) product—Sorona® with the capacity of 30,000t/a from 2006. PTT is a main downstream product of PDO and DuPont is a global leading PDO and PTT producer. SBCVC is a leading venture capital firm in Asia with headquarters in Singapore, and it invests in information technologies, health care, cleantech, new materials, retail, etc.

By cooperating with East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), Glory Biomaterial has obtained its own invention patent after developing the production technology. According to its invention patent, PDO's extraction rate from fermentation broth can reach 92%. In general, most biological production engineering involves hydrolyzing the corn starch into glucose first and then processing glucose into PDO, while Glory Biomaterial's production technology is different, which uses glycerol as the raw material. With the development of biological diesel, a volume of glycerol is manufactured as a by-product, which has led to the decrease of glycerol prices. Therefore, the production cost of biological PDO from glycerol may be lower than that from corn starch. Meanwhile, glycerol is a non-food raw material.

The PDO programme may bring great benefit to the company.

A staff from Glory Chemical revealed that the contract between Glory Chemical and DuPont expired in April 2012, which means that Glory Chemical can produce and sell its own PDO and PTT products from May 2012. Mr. Han, General Manager of Glory Chemical, said that the company's development was seriously restricted when it cooperated with DuPont. In general, the company can produce 20,000 tonnes of PTT per year at a value of USD64 million, but the company's profit is only about USD1.6 million. Mr. Han estimated that once the whole programme is finished and the PDO plant and PTT plant are combined organically, the company's profit can potentially increase by more than ten-fold and reach approximately USD48 million.

In the 10th Five-Year Plan period (2001-2005), the PDO industry started to boom in China. In March 2002, Zouping Mingxing Chemical Co. Ltd. developed a chemical synthesis of PDO with a capacity of 6,500t/a. Subsequently, Anhui Lixing Chemical Co., Ltd., Fujian Shengda Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Chen Bio. Co. Ltd., Hunan Rivers Bioengineering Co., Ltd. and certain other enterprises all started to construct small-scale biological PDO production lines. Most of these biological producers have adopted the technology from Tsinghua University, which uses glycerol as the raw material. Currently, few of these producers' biological PDO businesses have been greatly developed. Shenhong Group, the domestic leading PTT producer with a capacity of 30,000t/a, says that it is also researching biological PDO and has achieved some results.

It is reported that China will become the largest producer and exporter of 1,3-PDO by 2019, since the growing markets of the Asia-Pacific region and low cost of raw material and labour may be attracting foreign PDO companies to enter China.

Table Contents of Biomaterials China News 1302:

Challenges in the biological package industry

Professor Gong: Production technology introduction and application of PLA fibre

Biological PET: A potential growth point of biological plastic industry

China's lyocell fibre commercialization may encounter trouble

Kingfa may greatly benefit from its biodegradable plastic programme in 2013

BrightChina cooperates with Weistek to develop 3D printing business

Shandong Polymer greatly developing bio-PAM

Glory Biomaterial's first phase of biological PDO programme enters pilot production

Overview of China's corn market in 2012

China's PLA trade becomes weaker in 2012

China's import volume of cassava increases fast in 2012

China's import volume of castor oil and its derivatives increases greatly in 2012

Yangzi Petrochemical finishes its 1,000t/a bio-SA programme

China's LDA Industry Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance established

Dow and Mitsui postpone sugarcane polymer plant

Rainbow Fine Chemical completes liquidation

NatureWorks sets up its first A/P regional headquarters in Bangkok

Rainbow Fine Chemical finishes liquidation

NatureWorks sets its first A/P regional headquarters in Bangkok

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Zhangjiagang Huamei to launch PDO products in April 2012

Zhangjiagang Huamei Biomaterial Co., Ltd. (Zhangjiagang Huamei) plans to launch its 1,3-propanediol (PDO) products in April 2012, revealed by CCM International’s first issue of Biomaterials China News.

Zhangjiagang Huamei is a new company established by Zhangjiagang Meijingrong Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (Zhangjiagang Meijingrong) and SB China Venture Capital Limited (SBCVC) that cooperated with each other. They invested about USD24 million to build a PDO production line with total capacity of 65,000t/a. On September 8, 2011, Zhangjiagang Huamei started the construction of the first phase of the PDO production line with capacity of 13,000t/a in Changjiang River Chemical Industrial Park. It is estimated that PDO products will be launched in April 2012, revealed by a staff from Zhangjiagang Meijingrong. Meanwhile, he claims that the company will also launch its PTT products, PDO downstream products, when it finishes the current cooperation contract with Dupont.

Mr. Han, general manager of Zhangjiagang Meijingrong, is proud that the new PDO production line will increase the annual sales revenue to nearly USD173 million when the whole construction is finished. Besides, the annual return of Zhangjiagang Meijingrong will reach more than USD47.25 million after the formation of the PTT upstream and downstream industry in Zhangjiagang Meijingrong.

It is predicted that Zhangjiagang Huamei will become the second biggest PDO producer around the world when it reaches the total capacity. Actually, at present, there are only three major companies producing PDO products around the world, Degussa Co., Ltd. (Degussa), Shell and Dupont. Although some domestic manufacturers have the capability to produce PDO products, their capacities are lower than ten thousand tonnes per year separately. Mr. Han believes that the PDO production industry will be prosperous as the PTT capacity become larger and larger in future.

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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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Zhejiang Heben Successfully Improves Synthetic Process of Difenoconazole

November Issue of Fungicides China News has been published by CCM recently, presenting that Zhejiang Heben Pesticide & Chemicals Co., Ltd. (Zhejiang Heben), one of the leading fungicide manufacturers in China, has successfully completed the innovation on synthetic process of difenoconazole.

Conventionally, difenoconazole is developed from 2,4-Dichloroacetophenone followed by etherification, bromination, ketal reaction and nucleophilic substitution, with an overall yield of about 70%.

However, Zhejiang Heben's new process of synthesizing difenoconazole has more advantages than the conventional method mentioned above. In detail, beginning with 3,4' -dichlorodiphenyl ether, difenoconazole is synthesized by acylation, condensation and cyclization, with a total yield of about 81%. What's more, the purity of difenoconazole can reach over 97%. Besides high yield and purity, this new method has other advantages, such as easy operation, short reaction time, little "three wastes", etc.

Zhejiang Heben constructed a 100t/a difenoconazole technical production line as early as 2007, thereafter the  company has gradually expanded its capacity to the current about 450t/a, says Mr. Li, Sales Manager of Zhejiang Heben. Moreover, most difenoconazole technical of Zhejiang Heben is exported to the overseas market.

Check the specific synthesis route of difenoconazole in CCM’s Fungicides China News 1111, together with major headline news below:

-Shandong Dacheng continues to show a financial deficit of about USD4.88 million (RMB31.01 million) in Q3 2011.

-Lier Chemical's revenue has witnessed a huge increase of 80.06%, but its net profit has dropped by 15.11% year on year in the first three quarters of 2011.

-Yangnong Chemical' net profit has witnessed surge, up 72.63% year on year in Q3 2011; however, its net profit in the first three quarters of this year has slipped by 14.50%.

-Jiangsu Huifeng plans to establish a subsidiary to significantly improve the competitiveness of its fluorine-containing pesticides and extend the industrial chain in the long run.

-Shenyang Sciencreat has successfully obtained the temporary registration certificates of pyrametostrobin 95% TC and 20% SC in Sept. 2011.

-Wuhan Kernel will surely usher in a new phase of the rapid development with the infusion of new blood in the near future.

-Zhengye Zhongnong is making particular efforts to improve its development of fungicide --technical and formulations at present.

-Jiangsu Sword's microwave method for the preparation of 1,2,4-triazolylsodium and 1,2,4-1K-triazole has been granted the national patent recently.

-Zhejiang Heben has successfully completed the innovation on synthetic process of difenoconazole.

-The ex-factory price of mancozeb 90% TC has decreased by 22.25% in early Nov. 2011 over last month.

-Chemical pesticide application will witness a further decline in the domestic market in 2012.

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Zhejiang Heben Innovates Synthetic Process of Difenoconazole

Zhejiang Heben Pesticide & Chemicals Co., Ltd. (Zhejiang Heben), one of the leading fungicide manufacturers in China, has successfully completed the innovation on synthetic process of difenoconazole, and this project has been checked and accepted by the Science Technology Department of Zhejiang Province smoothly, according to CCM’s November Issue of Fungicides China News.

Difenoconazole, a triazole fungicide with high efficiency, low toxicity and broad spectrum, is widely applied to prevent and control various diseases, such as sheath blight, rust, early blight, powdery mildew, leaf spot, scab, etc., in the fields of wheat, rice, tomato, pepper, grape, citrus and so forth.

It is well known that Syngenta is the first company developing difenoconazole which is conventionally prepared from 2,4-Dichloroacetophenone followed by etherification, bromination, ketal reaction and nucleophilic substitution, with an overall yield of about 70%.

However, Zhejiang Heben's new process of synthesizing difenoconazole is relatively more advantageous than the conventional method mentioned above. In detail, beginning with 3，4' -dichlorodiphenyl ether, difenoconazole is synthesized by acylation, condensation and cyclization, with a total yield of about 81%. What's more, the purity of difenoconazole can reach over 97%.

Besides high yield and purity, this new method still has other advantages, such as easy operation, short reaction time, little "three wastes", etc., to improve the synthetic process of difenoconazole, according to Zhejiang Heben. The specific synthesis route of difenoconazole is as follows.

As description in the article on the study of new synthetic process of difenoconazole, the result shows that  isobutyl alcohol, a low-boiling solvent, is substituted for a high-boiling one--dimethylamide (DMF) in the condensation reaction and the former is easily recovered compared with the latter.

In cyclization reaction, replacing p-toluenesulfonic acid with the homemade composite catalyst can not only shorten the reaction time but also reduce the consumption of 1,2-Propanediol to a great extent; the yield of difenoconazole is risen by 5% accordingly when using homemade composite catalyst of Zhejiang Heben.

Last but not least, adopting composite solvent crystallization technique achieves the breakthrough in crystallization problem in the purification process of difenoconazole, which can also greatly increase product content.

Zhejiang Heben constructed a 100t/a difenoconazole technical production line as early as 2007, thereafter the  company has gradually expanded its capacity to the current about 450t/a, says Mr. Li, Sales Manager of Zhejiang Heben. Moreover, most difenoconazole technical of Zhejiang Heben is exported to the overseas market.

Source: Fungicides China News 1111

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Main content of Fungicides China News 1111:

Shandong Dacheng continues financial deficit in Q3 2011

Lier Chemical: Revenue jumps but net profit drops from Jan. to Sept. 2011

Yangnong Chemical surges in Q3 net profit

Jiangsu Huifeng to establish subsidiary in Lianyungang of Jiangsu

Shenyang Sciencreat successfully registers pyrametostrobin

New blood brings more vitality to Wuhan Kernel 

Zhengye Zhongnong improving fungicide development

Jiangsu Sword wins a national invention patent recently

Zhejiang Heben innovates synthetic process of difenoconazole 

Ex-factory price of mancozeb 90% TC sharply declines in early Nov. 2011

Ningnanmycin promotes well especially in tobacco virus disease control market

Pesticide output up 15.7% year on year in the first three quarters of 2011

Supply of 1,2,4-triazole under tight recently

Autumn-winter sowing completes 65% by late Oct. 2011

Domestic chemical pesticide application to continue decreasing in 2012

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Export and Import of China’s Pesticide Increase in July 2011

CCM has released the latest issue of Crop Protection China News, showing that both volume and value of pesticide export and import in China witness increase in July 2011.

China's pesticide output in July 2011 reached 214,530 tonnes, up 9.5% year on year, according to statistics from China National Bureau of Statistics (CNBS). And the volume and value of export and import all witness increase respectively in July 2011.

In July 2011, China totally exported pesticide of 75,000 tonnes, up 50.9% year on year. The export value in this period reached USD220 million, up 58.5% year on year. Among those exported pesticides in July 2011, the volume of herbicides was the largest, reaching 43,100 tonnes, up 66.8% year on year and accounting for 58% of the total export volume.

In terms of import, China's pesticide import volume in July 2011 also witnessed increase, reaching 4,043 tonnes, up 24.06% year on year. The import volume of fungicide was the largest in the total import volume, reaching 1,888 tonnes. Import volume of herbicides and insecticides reached 1,647 tonnes and 508 tonnes respectively.

The following highlights are covered in Crop Protection China News 1117:

-Both volume and value of pesticide's export and import in China witness increase in July 2011.

-The gradual recovery of domestic pesticide market in H1 2011 has provided a good condition for the sales growth of foreign enterprises.

-Hubei Province starts harmless disposal of discarded pesticide in July 2011.

-The circulation of expired pesticide in China may be controlled after the implementation of new policy: Regulations on Pesticide Management

-Lianhe Chemical claims to acquire 80.70% equity of Tianyu Chemical aiming for its flurorine chemical production base on 31 Aug. 2011.

-Qianjiang Biochemical announces that it suffers great losses in the power failure accident of local electrical substation occurred on 31 Aug. 2011.

-Shandong Dacheng announces on 3 Sept. 2011 that its reorganization with Shandong Hualian has finally been approved by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council.

-According to ICAMA, from April to June 2011, 249 agricultural pesticide registrations were approved,

-In August 2011, Aoweite Pesticide has got 1% 1-methylcyclopropene SL registered.

(Guangzhou China, September 19, 2011)

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Pesticide Export and Import Rise in July 2011

According to the statistic data from China National Bureau of Statistics (CNBS), China's pesticide output in July 2011 reached 214,530 tonnes, up 9.5% year on year. Total pesticide output of the seven largest pesticide production provinces in China reached 172,395 tonnes during this period, accounting for 80.36% of the total output in July 2011, according to CCM’s latest issue of Crop Protection China News.

And the volume and value of export and import all witness increase respectively in July 2011.

Export

China, as a large pesticide production country in the world, greatly relies on pesticide foreign trade; its pesticide dependency degree of foreign trade reached 80%. In the past three years, China exported about 1 million to 1.22 million tonnes of pesticides annually, accounting for 10% of the pesticide market share in the world.

In July 2011, China totally exported pesticide of 75,000 tonnes, up 50.9% year on year. The export value in this period reached USD220 million, up 58.5% year on year.

Thus, total pesticide export volume and value from Jan. to July 2011 reached 501,000 tonnes and USD1.51 billion, up 40% and 44.1% respectively year on year.

Among those exported pesticides in July 2011, the volume of herbicides was the largest, reaching 43,100 tonnes, up 66.8% year on year and accounting for 58% of the total export volume. The export volume of insecticides and fungicides reached 22,000 tonnes and 7,100 tonnes, up 31.2% and 25.6% year on year, accounting for 29% and 3% of the total export volume respectively.

The top three largest export volume of pesticide technical in July 2011 all belong to herbicides, namely glyphosate (12,206.514 tonnes), paraquat (2,841.84 tonnes) and 1,4-dichlorobenzene (2,038 tonnes).

As for domestic pesticide export original provinces, the volumes of pesticides exported from Jiangsu and Zhejiang were the largest, about 25,000 tonnes and 21,000 tonnes respectively. Shandong Province comes to the next, whose export volume reached 7,800 tonnes. The export volume of these three provinces accounted for 72% of China's total export volume in July 2011.

However, total pesticide export volume from Jan. to July 2011 still concentrated in these three provinces, with about 177,500 tonnes, 136,100 tonnes and 59,000 tonnes respectively, accounting for 74.33% of the total export volume.

Import

China's pesticide import volume in July 2011 also witnessed increase, reaching 4,043 tonnes, up 24.06% year on year. However, the data of pesticide import value was still not released till 15 Sept. 2011.

The import volume of fungicide was the largest in the total import volume, reaching 1,888 tonnes. Import volume of herbicides and insecticides reached 1,647 tonnes and 508 tonnes respectively.

Import destinations in China mainly concentrated in five large cities and provinces, namely Shanghai, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Liaoning and Zhejiang. Total import volumes of these five destinations reached 3,308 tonnes, accounting for 81.82% of the total import volume. Shanghai imported pesticides with the largest volume in July 2011, reaching 984 tonnes, down 25.1% year on year.

Total import volume of pesticide in the first seven months reaches 35,000 tonnes, down 1.04% year on year.

Source: Crop Protection China News 1117

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(Guangzhou China, September 19, 2011)

Content of Crop Protection China News 1117:

Pesticide export and import rise in July 2011

Recovery in domestic pesticide market pleases foreign enterprises

Hubei Province starts harmless disposal of discarded pesticide

Policy to restrict circulation of expired pesticide

Lianhe Chemical to expand in flurorine industry

Qianjiang Biochemical suffers great loss in power failure accident

Reorganization of Shandong Dacheng gets approved

Registration situation of pesticide in Q2 2011

Domestic company registers 1-methylcyclopropene SL

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