Total investment of 1 billion yuan! Shandong’s 80,000-ton PMMA project achieved successful commissioning in one go

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Recently, good news came from the production facility of Shandong Zhemei New Materials Co., Ltd.: its project for producing 80,000 tons of optical-grade PMMA per year was launched successfully on the first attempt, and it has been operating stably and meeting the required standards. It is reported that construction of this facility began in February 2025. The project will be built in two phases: Phase 1 will have an annual production capacity of 80,000 tons of PMMA, and Phase 2 will also have an annual production capacity of 80,000 tons of PMMA. Once both phases are completed and operational, the annual output value is expected to reach 2.72 billion yuan, with annual tax revenues of around 160 million yuan. The core equipment of the project – the ZHP270 devolatilization extrusion granulation unit along with the comprehensive process solution – was entirely designed, developed, manufactured, and integrated by Sichuan Zhongwang Technology Co., Ltd.; Lanxi Group was involved in ensuring the coordinated implementation of the entire production chain. At present, China’s high-end new materials industry is in a critical phase of technological upgrading and capacity expansion. The degree of autonomy in equipment use, the maturity of relevant technologies, and the success rate of projects upon implementation have become important indicators to measure the core competitiveness of domestic equipment. The successful commissioning of this project represents not only an important milestone in the large-scale production of high-end optical-grade materials in China, but also a significant example of breaking international monopolies through fully self-developed core technologies and equipment. It provides a domestically produced model that is technically reliable, replicable, and scalable for the selection of high-end equipment in this industry as well as for the implementation of major projects. On January 31, 2026, a grand ceremony was held to mark the completion of Phase I of the project by Shandong Zhemei New Materials Co., Ltd. Xu Wen, chairman of Shandong Zhemei New Materials Co., Ltd. and executive vice president of the Wenzhou Chamber of Commerce in Dongying, delivered a speech at the ceremony. He said that Zhejiang Meimei Company will build on its annual production capacity of 160,000 tons of PMMA to further expand the applications of high-end optical materials, uphold the concept of green development, and achieve a balance between economic benefits and ecological benefits through advanced environmental protection facilities, thereby repaying the trust and expectations placed in it by all sectors of society through concrete actions.