[Ocean Chemical News] Yantai Wanhua Chemical MMA Phase II Project Starts

I don’t know what this project is like ========================= (1) Basic information such as construction project name, site selection, construction content, etc. (1) Project name: 110,000 tons/year polymer synthesis new material MMA monomer project ； (2) Project construction location: Inside Gaonao Maohu Industrial Park, Yiwu County, Hami City, Xinjiang ； (3) Total project investment: 980 million yuan ； (4) Covered area: 366 acres ； (5) Construction scale and content: In the first phase, a new set of 10,000 tons/year polymer synthetic material MMA monomer unit and public auxiliary facilities and environmental protection facilities will be built. ； In the second phase, a new 100,000-ton/year polymer synthetic material MMA monomer unit will be built, as well as supporting facilities, environmental protection facilities and other public auxiliary facilities. (2) Name and contact information of the construction unit of the construction project: Xinjiang Zhongyou Puhui Technology Co., Ltd. ； Contact address: Room 30, Area 3, Building 4, Farmer Entrepreneurship Park, Naomaohu Town, Yiwu County, Hami City, Xinjiang ；

It seems that quite a few have been put into operation ========================== On the morning of November 19, 2014, the commissioning ceremony of China Wanda Group·Hongxu Chemical's 100,000 tons/year MMA project was grandly held at the project installation area. At the commissioning ceremony, Director Gou Zengjie expressed warm congratulations on the official commissioning of the 100,000 tons/year MMA project of China Wanda Group·Hongxu Chemical in his speech. He pointed out that this project is a model project for the development zone to develop circular economy. The raw material of the project is hydrocyanic acid (HCN), a by-product produced by Shandong Korul Chemical Co., Ltd., which is just across the wall from the project. * * It saves logistics costs and reduces production risks. The project relies on the increasingly prominent water transportation advantages of Dongying Port and combines its own advanced production technology and equipment to further enhance the product's market competitiveness and its development prospects are very broad. He said that the Development Zone Management Committee will go all out to keep an eye on the top, promptly coordinate and solve the difficulties and problems existing in the development of enterprises, actively provide high-quality services for efficient project operation, and make positive contributions to the economic and social development of the Development Zone. Shang Jiyongzhu * In his speech, he pointed out that since September last year, five major projects including Tianhong Chemical with a capacity of 5 million tons have all been completed and put into operation, forming a strategic development layout of "high-end leadership, cluster development, and chain expansion". Especially under the current new economy and new normal, Wanda Baotong’s 2014 Global Dealer Annual Meeting was successfully held on September 23 ； On October 10, the acrylonitrile project of the joint venture with Sinopec was successfully handed over, creating a new highlight of Dongying’s mixed-ownership economy. ； On October 14, Wanda Port International Terminal successfully opened its port to the outside world. The company has maintained a good momentum of sustained, healthy and rapid development. He stressed that the Hongxu Chemical 100,000-ton MMA project, as a key project for Wanda Group to continue to expand the petrochemical industry chain and create a high-end fine chemical industry, started construction in April 2013 and took 17 months to be successfully completed and put into operation. With the help of good location advantages, technological advantages, industrial chain advantages and resource scarcity advantages, it achieved a one-time start-up success and successfully achieved sales of finished products, setting a new industry record from project construction, input production to post-sales. He said that in future work, China Wanda Group will further emancipate its mind, seize opportunities, make every effort to strengthen the real industry, expand financial trade, and accelerate corporate transformation, upgrading and leapfrog development. Through the joint drive of the troika of "entity, finance, and trade", we will ensure that by 2017, Wanda's real economy sales revenue will exceed 50 billion yuan, and financial and trade business revenue will exceed 50 billion yuan, fully achieving the new goal of "using 2-3 years to build a new Wanda", and continuously making new and greater contributions to the city's economic and social development! Gou Yingqun, director of the board of directors of China Wanda Group and chairman of Hongxu Chemical Company, made a statement. After the ceremony, the participants visited the production plant area and central control room. It is understood that Hongxu Chemical's 100,000-ton MMA project has a total investment of 1.6 billion yuan, covers an area of ​​more than 130 acres, and has more than 280 employees. It adopts mature and reliable acetonitrile method to produce methyl methacrylate technology. The main equipment scale is a 100,000-ton/year methyl methacrylate unit, a 100,000-ton/year acetonitrile unit, a 200,000-ton/year sulfate anhydride unit, a 10,000-ton/year hydrocyanic acid unit, and auxiliary supporting facilities. The main product, methyl methacrylate (MMA), is an important organic chemical raw material. It is mainly used in the production of organic glass, polyvinyl chloride additives, toluene methacrylate-styrene-butadiene copolymer, ion exchange resin, pour point depressant, etc., and has a broad market space. The project is close to Dongying Port, with convenient water and land transportation and a superior geographical location. ； Located in the hinterland of the target market, the market prospects are broad ； First-class equipment, advanced technology and high degree of automation ； Optimized staffing and high production efficiency ； Rich sources of raw materials, well-connected pipelines, and obvious cost advantages. After the project is completed and put into operation, it can realize annual sales revenue of 1.96 billion yuan and profits and taxes of 420 million yuan, and become the fifth MMA production enterprise in the country. It has an important and far-reaching impact on accelerating the integrated development of Wanda Chemical and Rubber, creating clustered, refined and high-end development, and promoting the economic development of the port area. The project started construction in April 2013 and successfully completed commissioning on September 20 this year. It lasted 17 months, setting a new record for project construction in the industry, and once again creating a new speed for Wanda's project breakthroughs. Since the project was completed and put into trial production, Wanda Group has strictly followed safety, environmental protection, quality and other technical standards, carried out strict inspection, control and management to ensure the smooth progress of the project's trial production. On November 11, the first batch of qualified MMA products rolled off the production line, and the purity of MMA products reached 99.99%. On November 17, the first batch of sulfuric acid anhydride intermediates was shipped, achieving good economic and social benefits.

On January 11, 2016, the Investment and Regulation Department of Shanghai Huayi (Group) Company organized a basic engineering design review meeting for the 50,000 tons/year methyl methacrylate (MMA) project of Dongming Huayi Yuhuang New Materials Co., Ltd. in the conference room on the 2nd floor of Building 2 of Shanghai Huayi Engineering Co., Ltd. The meeting was chaired by Feng Hui from the Investment Regulation Department of Shanghai Huayi (Group) Company. * Participants in this review meeting include Zhang Junjun and Zhou Zhengyi from the Engineering Department of Shanghai Huayi (Group) Company, Chu Xiaodong from the Economic Operation Department, Zheng Bijun from the Safety and Environmental Protection Department, Liao Dahai from the Human Resources Department, Ji Jinhua, Qian Zhigang, and Ma Jianxue from Shanghai Huayi Acrylic Co., Ltd., Luo Mingyun and Zhi Chunchao from Dongming Huayi Yuhuang New Materials Co., Ltd., Hu Guowei, Ding Geng, Zhang Jinli from Shanghai Huayi Engineering Co., Ltd. and other relevant leaders and technicians. This review meeting invited 14 experts including Li Fu from the Science and Technology Department of the group company and Shao Jingming, the group consultant, to participate in the review. Among them, Li Fu and Shao Jingming served as the leaders of the expert group. At the meeting, the person in charge of Dongming Huayi Yuhuang New Materials Co., Ltd. first gave an overall introduction to the 50,000 tons/year MMA project.: Dongming Huayi Yuhuang New Materials Co., Ltd. is 51% controlled by Shanghai Huayi (Group) Company ； A joint venture established by Shandong Shengrong Chemical Co., Ltd. with a 49% shareholding ratio. The 50,000 tons/year MMA project is funded and constructed by Dongming Huayi Yuhuang New Materials Co., Ltd. The patented technology comes from Shanghai Huayi Acrylic Co., Ltd., and the raw materials and public auxiliary facilities basically rely on Shandong Shengrong Chemical Co., Ltd. Then Shanghai Huayi Engineering Co., Ltd. made an overall report on the basic design of the 50,000 tons/year MMA project. After the report, the participating experts conducted group reviews. After careful review, the expert group fully affirmed the basic design work and believed that the basic design process of the 50,000 tons/year MMA project is reliable, the equipment selection is basically reasonable, the public works and supporting facilities are complete, the general layout of the boundary area is reasonable, and the safety, sanitation, environmental protection and fire protection measures are basically appropriate, which can be used as the basis for detailed design.

Wanhua's production route seems to be different --------------- Wanhua Chemical MMA project started construction Chemical Industry Online 2016-09-18 Recently, Wanhua Chemical Group Co., Ltd. Wanhua Chemical MMA industrialization project, which was constructed by the Fifth Construction Company of Refining and Chemical Engineering Group, started construction. Lin Guomin, deputy manager of the Fifth Construction Nanjing Branch, and other participating units attended the groundbreaking ceremony. 　　The total investment in the Wanhua Chemical MMA industrialization project is approximately 1.040 million yuan, of which the installation engineering fee is approximately 290 million yuan. The Fifth Construction Company is responsible for the construction of the industrial test device for the production of MAA and MMA by isobutylene oxidation. The construction content mainly includes professional construction of water supply and drainage, steel structure, equipment, pipelines and electrical instruments. The planned delivery time is April 30, 2018.

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Tianhong Chemical MMA Project Starts Chemical Industry Online 2014-11-05 On October 28, Shandong Tianhong Chemical Co., Ltd. held a groundbreaking ceremony for its 90,000 tons/year methyl methacrylate (MMA) and supporting engineering project. 　　The project uses the hydrogen cyanide produced by the group's 260,000 tons/year acrylonitrile project as a raw material to produce methyl methacrylate. The main construction content includes a hydrogen cyanide purification device, a propylene cyanohydrin synthesis device, a methyl methacrylate synthesis device and a waste sulfuric acid recovery device. This project uses methanol ammonia oxidation method, amidation, and esterification processes to produce MMA. The total project investment is 1,655.42 million yuan, of which 154.8 million yuan is fixed asset investment. After the completion of the project, the average annual total profit is 240 million yuan.

Methyl methacrylate (MMA) is mainly used to produce organic glass (PMMA). It is also one of the main functional monomers in the manufacture of resins, coatings, adhesives and lubricants. It can also be used in surface coatings, polyvinyl chloride modified impact-resistant ACR and MBS, acrylic second monomers, pharmaceutical functional materials, etc. At present, the annual demand in the domestic market is about 1 million tons, and continues to grow rapidly. However, the domestic output is only more than 500,000 tons, leaving a huge gap. China's MMA downstream terminal industry is developing rapidly. Taking the PMMA downstream growth rate as an example, the average annual growth rate is about 20%. In addition to traditional automobile taillights and electronic product materials, application fields such as fiber optic cables and daily cosmetics are also increasingly important and cannot be underestimated. In addition, due to the continued improvement in the consumption of environmentally friendly paints, some existing domestic paint factories have considerable expansion plans in 2018. Judging from the new production capacity plan of a large paint factory in North China, the monthly new consumption of methyl methacrylate is nearly 10,000 tons. At present, MMA production technologies mainly include the acetocyanohydrin method (ACH method), the carbon four route, and the ethylene method. Among them, the procyanohydrin method is currently the most common MMA production method, accounting for more than 60% of the world's total production capacity. The C4 route uses isobutylene or tert-butanol as raw material. The main source of isobutylene includes C4 by-product (1-raffinate), which can be obtained from catalytic cracking or catalytic cracking, heavy raw materials such as naphtha and gasoline. Other sources include MTBE and isobutane. The carbon dioxide route is not common. Currently, there are two commercial devices in the world using technologies developed by BASF and Lucite respectively.

——The intensifying environmental protection storm creates strategic opportunities for environmental protection companies. As environmental protection requirements become stricter, the traditional ACH law has been restricted in its development. The ACH method uses highly toxic hydrocyanic acid (HCN) and highly corrosive concentrated sulfuric acid as raw materials. The source of raw materials is limited, and a large amount of ammonium bisulfate is produced as a by-product. It requires the construction of waste liquid treatment and recovery equipment. Therefore, the production equipment must be large-scale to maintain strong competitiveness. In 2008, the propylene and cyanohydrin method was included in the Ministry of Environmental Protection’s * * Comprehensive Environmental Protection List - List of Products with High Pollution and High Environmental Risks". 2011, * * The National Development and Reform Commission’s “Guidance on Industrial Structural Adjustment in 2011” lists the propylene and cyanohydrin method as a restricted category. Released in 2016 * * The National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Commerce issued the Negative List for Market Access, which lists acrylic cyanohydrin methyl methacrylate as a prohibited new petrochemical project. In 2017, China issued an announcement banning the import of waste plastics. This policy blocked the path for the cracking of imported PMMA waste to make MMA. China’s annual output of approximately 150,000 tons of MMA comes from this production route, and most companies use imported PMMA. The environmental storm will only intensify, which means that the past competition methods that relied on sacrificing the environment and resources for profits will gradually be eliminated. This is a historic strategic opportunity for outstanding companies. The death of a large number of polluting companies will free up development space for environmental protection companies, reduce the intensity of competition, and promote industrial upgrading. ——The C4 method will become the main process in the MMA industry in the future. The isobutylene oxidation method for producing MMA can make use of abundant C4 resources. The reaction by-product is mainly water and has little environmental pollution. It is a process route with low cost, little pollution and good economic benefits. Before 2017, China completed and put into operation two sets of isobutylene-based MMA units, including Evonik Degussa's 100,000 tons/year unit and Huiling Chemical's 90,000 tons/year unit. Both projects used foreign technology. With the successful development of domestic independent isobutylene process technology, China has successfully got rid of the embarrassing situation of this process being blocked by foreign companies. At present, the main technology owners of carbon four method MMA include Huayi Group, Wanhua Chemical, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Asahi Kasei, Mitsubishi Rayon, etc. The carbon four route has gradually become the mainstream of domestic MMA production, and its production capacity has reached 35% of the total.