Solvay launches project to build an epichlorohydrin production plant in China
The plant is set to serve the rapidly growing Chinese epichlorohydrin market, which currently represents 29% of the world market. Epichlorohydrin is an essential feedstock for the production of epoxy resins, increasingly used in applications such as corrosion protection coatings as well in the electronics, automotive, aerospace industry or wind turbine industry.
"We look forward to serving the largest epichlorohydrin market in the world, by bringing the benefits of our environmental sustainable technology based on a renewable resource as raw material, to China", comments Filipe Constant, General Manager of the Solvay Business Unit Electrochemistry and Derived Specialties. "By investing in a world-class Epicerol® plant in China, Solvay reaffirms it is a key player in this business", adds Bruno Jestin, Head of the Business Unit Organic Products of Solvay's Strategic Business Unit Electrochemistry and Derived Specialties.
Solvay's Epicerol® technology is based on the transformation of glycerin obtained as by-product from the production of biofuels out of vegetable renewable oils. Production of biofuels and thus glycerin as byproduct is expected to continue to show strong growth. In order to secure supply of other raw materials for the plant, Solvay has signed a letter of intent with SP Chemicals Taixing, a large chemicals producer, to study the feasibility of a chlor-alkali supply by SP Chemicals.
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