Using the technology from the Ningbo Institute of Materials Science, Yake Co., Ltd. signed an agreement for a 50,000-ton-per-year bio-based new materials project with an investment of 1 billion yuan

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On October 15, the bio-based materials project of Yake Co., Ltd. was signed and established in the Huai’an Industrial Park. Phase 1 of the project plans to build a pilot production line covering upstream raw materials and downstream materials ； Phase 2 plans to develop an industrial project with an annual production capacity of 50,000 tons, requiring a total investment of 1 billion yuan; the annual sales volume is expected to reach 3 billion yuan. This project will also be integrated into other projects under development by the company. Based on the ‘furfural-furoic acid-FDCA’ non-grain biomass technology route developed in collaboration with the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yake Shares is currently working to advance the industrialization of FDCA and PEF. Compared to the mainstream approach of \"fructose-HMF-FDCA\", Subke’s technical route utilizes non-grain biomasses such as corn cobs and plant straws as raw materials. This provides a wider range of available materials, enhances sustainability, reduces the number of steps in the process, and increases the conversion efficiency, resulting in significant cost advantages. At present, Yake Co., Ltd.’s FDCA has a purity of 99.9%, and PEF can be supplied in tonnage amounts. The main application area is packaging sheets; trial production has been carried out for dozens of packaging companies. The pilot production line with a capacity of one thousand tons is expected to enter mass production in the second half of 2025. In addition to PEF, Yaxiao Co., Ltd. has achieved stable operation of a 50-ton/year pilot production line for PECF (poly(2,5-furandicarboxylic acid-1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol ethylene glycol ester)). In addition to its excellent gas barrier properties, PECF has better toughness than PEF. Through adjustments to the polymerization process and optimizations of the injection molding process, Yake Shares’ PECF products now achieve high success rates in injection molding and blow molding; they hold great market potential in industries such as packaging, particularly for beverage bottles and medicine bottles.