10 June 2014
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Ethyl acetate
is an organic solvent used in wide-ranging applications,
including printing ink, paint, and
adhesives for electronic devices.
Its business environment continues to be severe
due to the rise in raw material/fuel costs and
the increase in imports.
SDK therefore decided last year
to change the production process by
adopting a highly efficient proprietary technology,
and started constructing a new plant.
The conventional process
was a two-stage process in which
acetaldehyde, synthesized from ethylene,
is converted into ethyl acetate.
In the new process technology adopted this time,
however, acetic acid is directly added to ethylene,
enabling efficient production of high-quality ethyl acetate.
While the technology is already being used at
our production site in Indonesia,
this is the first time that the technology
is commercially used in Japan.
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