Thread Content
In July 2023, an event marking the mechanical completion of the first phase of Zhejiang Tuoyi Optical New Materials Co., Ltd.’s project to produce 21,000 tons per year of high-end optical new materials, as well as celebrating 1.5 million safe working hours, was held in the High-Tech Zone of the Smart Manufacturing City. The project is planned to produce 21,000 tons per year of special optical new materials, and once fully operational, the expected sales revenue will reach 5 billion yuan. These include projects for the annual production of 10,000 tons of special optical olefin copolymers, 1,000 tons of optical-grade carbonate copolymers, and 10,000 tons of high-performance optical film materials. The project construction will be carried out in three phases. For the first phase, construction began in May 2022, and mechanical completion was achieved in just 13 months. Phase 1 of the project will involve the production of 3,000 tons per year of specialty cycloolefin copolymers (SOOC®️ TuoMeiTe®️), with commercial operation scheduled to begin in the third quarter of this year; the project is expected to generate an output value of 1 billion yuan. Tuoeni Technology (Quzhou) Co., Ltd. is primarily engaged in the research and development as well as production of advanced, green, and intelligent high-end polymer materials. Its core products are widely used in areas such as optical lenses, medical packaging, flexible films, and packaging materials for consumer goods, with a global market value of over 100 billion. Tuoeni Technology has now overcome the four major bottlenecks related to raw materials, catalysts, manufacturing processes, and patents, and has established a complete system of independent intellectual property rights. Specialized cycloolefin copolymers (SOOC) are polymers obtained by the copolymerization of ethylene and norbornene. SOOC is a amorphous thermoplastic plastic that features high transparency, excellent moisture resistance, high stiffness, high strength, and good biocompatibility; it is widely used in fields such as medical devices, food and pharmaceutical packaging materials, and optoelectronic devices. The Phase I special cycloolefin copolymer (SOOC®️ Tomet®️) production facility developed by Tuoen is China’s first continuous industrial-scale polymerization plant for cycloolefin copolymers, designed entirely independently by Tuoen. Cycloolefin copolymers serve as key raw materials for optical lens resins, and their production has been under the monopoly of foreign companies for a long time; core manufacturing technologies have been restricted for as long as 50 years.