【Ten Years of Rapid Development in Chemical Equipment】637-2007: Yizhong Manufacturing Produces China’s First Domestic Ethylene Oxide Reactor

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China First Heavy Machinery Group to Manufacture Domestic Ethylene Oxide Reactors October 29, 2007, Heilongjiang Daily According to a report from Heilongjiang News Network, recently China First Heavy Machinery Group Corporation and Dalian Xinying Group signed a contract to manufacture ethylene oxide reactors with a total weight of 500 tons and an annual production capacity of 60,000 tons for Jilin Bo Hai Biochemical, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the latter company. This is China’s first domestically produced ethylene oxide reactor, and it will break the monopoly held by foreign manufacturers over this type of product. It holds great significance for enhancing China’s manufacturing capabilities in heavy machinery equipment as well as its international competitiveness. 　　According to experts, the ethylene oxide reactor is a key device for producing ethylene oxide, as well as an essential piece of equipment in the petroleum and chemical industries. At present, China has an epoxy ethylene production capacity of 1.3 million tons per year, but all the reactors used are imported equipment, whose manufacturing technology is monopolized by Germany, Japan, Italy, and India. Achieving domestic production of ethylene oxide reactors has been a long-cherished goal of several generations in China’s petrochemical and machinery industries over the years.