[Ocean Chemical News] DuPont plans to build a new special materials base in Zhangjiagang
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DuPont intends to build a new special materials base in China. DuPont recently announced that it will invest more than US$80 million to build a new manufacturing plant in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Province, eastern China. The new facility will produce high-end composite engineering plastics and adhesives to serve customers in the transportation, electronics, industrial and consumer goods markets. The project is expected to be operational in 2020, with expansion work extending into 2023. The production site, located in Jiangsu Yangzijiang International Chemical Industrial Park, will support growing demand for specialty materials from DuPont's Transportation and Advanced Polymers businesses. Investment in new composite production lines will focus on DuPont polyamide engineering plastics, polyacetal resins, thermoplastic polyesters, thermoplastic elastomers, lubricants and specialty silicone materials. The plant plans to install a new automotive adhesive production line and produce more specialty products in the future, making it DuPont's first multi-business manufacturing facility in China.
This is DuPont expanding its scale in Zhangjiagang. DuPont originally had a wholly-owned company in Zhangjiagang International Industrial Park - Danisco (Zhangjiagang) Hydrocolloid Co., Ltd. and DuPont-Asahi Kasei Polyformaldehyde (Zhangjiagang) Co., Ltd., a joint venture with Asahi Kasei of Japan.
Zhangjiagang Chemical Industry Park is very big. Dow Corning, Dow Chemical, and Jotun all have factories there.
Zhangjiagang Chemical Industry Park is very big. Dow Corning, Dow Chemical, and Jotun all have factories there.
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On the morning of November 8, DuPont and Zhangjiagang City, Jiangsu Province* * United announced at the first China International Import Expo that DuPont will invest US$80 million to build a new manufacturing base in the Jiangsu Yangtze River International Chemical Industrial Park in Zhangjiagang. The new site will be used primarily for blending polymers and producing adhesives to meet the needs of the transportation, electronics, industrial and consumer goods markets. The project will be completed and put into operation in 2020, and the expansion will be completed in 2023. It is reported that DowDuPont, which completed the merger of equals on August 31, 2017, will complete the split and reorganization into three in the second quarter of next year. At present, what is certain is that the three independent companies after the spin-off of DowDuPont are called Dow, DuPont and Corteva Agriscience™, and the boards of directors of the three independent companies have also been established. After the spin-off, the three independent companies will focus on agriculture, materials and specialty products respectively. Among them, the new agricultural company Corteva mainly includes plant protection, seed business and digital agriculture business ； The new materials company (Dow) mainly includes DuPont's current high-performance materials division and Dow Chemical's functional plastics, functional materials, and chemicals business. New specialty products company (DuPont) primarily includes electronics and imaging ； safety and construction ； Nutrition and Biotechnology ； Transportation and advanced materials. The reporter learned that the new base in Zhangjiagang will be planned to become the new DuPont's first cross-business manufacturing base in China. It will support the new DuPont's specialty products business, especially the professional materials business focused on by the new DuPont Transportation and Advanced Materials Division, to meet the growing market demand for this business in China and even the Asia-Pacific market.
In fact, I am very curious about the level and source of workers in this kind of company. I wonder if there will be technical exchanges or other exchanges with this kind of company? Are foreign companies relatively closed or more confidential?