18 November 2014
DETAILS
celebrated the completion of
the company’s new Nanjing production base
The Nanjing plant is located in
the Nanjing Chemical Park, Jiangsu Province.
the Nanjing Chemical Park, Jiangsu Province.
Kemira’s already completed and future investments
into the plant will amount to approximately USD 100 million
into the plant will amount to approximately USD 100 million
in an area of 77,000㎡.
It will provide a wide range of functional and process chemicals for
water-intensive industries such as the paper industry.
The estimated annual capacity is 100,000 tons.
The first phase operations provide nearly 100 jobs
for the local community.
After the ground breaking in September, 2011,
the construction was completed in August 2013,
and the production started in the end of 2013.
The new plant is equipped with cutting-edge facilities
offering the highest quality, featuring a high degree of automation
and use of sophisticated IT-systems in the production process.
The plant operations are supported by
Kemira’s global expert teams with strong R&D capabilities,
the Asia-Pacific R&D Center in Shanghai and local laboratories.
The plant conforms to
the highest EHS (environment, health and safety) standards
in the industry, striving to be a leader in
the sustainable development of China’s chemical industry.
Kemira’s new plant is focused on
the Asian market, China in particular.
Production will be mainly serving
while at the same time providing products and services to
Currently there are five production lines serving across
an array of chemical products for pulp and paper manufacturing.
The production capacity for sizing agent (ASA),
which mainly used for
improving water-resistance in middle to high end paper,
will be the largest in Asia.
Besides ASA products, the new plant also produces
* polyacrylic ester,
* polyacrylamide emulsion,
* defoamers, and deinking agents,
all of which are widely applied in
key paper manufacturing processes.
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