HC Plastics Network News: Lyon, February 16, 2017 – On February 16, Blue Star Silicones, a subsidiary of China Blue Star Group (affiliated to China National Chemical Corporation), celebrated its 10th anniversary. The iconic Saint-Von factory in France also celebrates its 60th anniversary in the manufacturing of silicone materials. With the funding of Mr. Ren Jianxin, Chairman of China National Chemical Corporation, Frédéric Jacquin, CEO of Blue Star Silicones, spent 15 million euros to complete the elastomer production workshop. Chief Executive of the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Region and Chief Executive of the Rhône Province The inauguration ceremony was attended by Governor Michel Delpuech, Mayor of Lyon and Chairman of the Greater Lyon Region Gérard Collomb, and shareholders of Blue Star Silicones.
Ten years of perfect cooperation between China and France, jointly realizing the ambition of the silicone industry
From China Bluestar (Group) Co., Ltd. (affiliated to China National Chemical Corporation), it acquired Rhodia Organics After the silicon business, Blue Star Silicones was established in 2007 and became one of the world’s leading producers of silicone raw materials. As a subsidiary of Blue Star Group, Blue Star Silicones has achieved comprehensive integration within the entire silicone value chain, and its manufacturing business includes quartz, metallic silicon, and specialty silicone materials used in medical, energy, transportation and other fields.
Over the past 10 years, with the rapid growth of the market, the requirements for industry investment, R&D and operational excellence have become increasingly stringent. The cooperation between China and France has successfully injected vitality into the field of silicone materials.
The French side’s advantage lies in its expertise and knowledge in special businesses, while the Chinese side’s advantage lies in its manufacturing capacity, long-term industry vision and global growth strategy in the Chinese market, and Blue Star Silicones has offices in Europe and other places. There are regular production bases. In 2011, Blue Star Group acquired Elkem, the world’s leading silicon material manufacturer, achieving upstream integration and industrial synergy.
From a practical perspective, Blue Star Silicones spends tens of millions of euros every year on the construction of industrial facilities, most notably in France and China. It has created and retained many jobs, and also invested heavily in research and development. .
Frédéric Jacquin, CEO of Blue Star Silicones, once publicly stated: “When the company was first acquired by a Chinese state-owned group in 2007, many people were worried about our future development, not to mention that the group was not well-known at the time. Not high. But now, the mutual growth of the two parties has made this doubt disappear. Our Chinese shareholders have a far-sighted industry vision, and the acquisition of the Norwegian company Elkem has achieved upstream integration, which has consolidated this vision;
The creativity of France gives us full confidence to realize our common ambition – to become one of the three leading silicon material manufacturers in the world.”
With its two French subsidiaries, Adisseo and Blue Star Silicones , Blue Star Group directly employs nearly 2,000 people in France, half of whom are from the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region. The close ties between the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, the city of Lyon, China and ChemChina Bluestar play an important role in this mutually beneficial partnership.
Build a new production workshop to promote business development
As the world’s leading manufacturer of silicone materials, Blue Star Silicones invested 15 million euros in 2016 in its historic St. Feng Factory built an elastomer production workshop, which fully reflects the spirit of challenging ourselves, pursuing innovation and product research and development. The main content of this investment is the construction of a new functional elastomer production workshop. The first phase of the project started production in September 2016.
Blue Star Silicone’s main purpose of building this production workshop is to improve elastomer productivity and quality levels, while increasing production capacity by 50%, so as to better serve value-added markets such as medical care, food and beverages, and aerospace.
In addition, the production workshop also uses a number of high-end technologies (such as operation automation) to create better working conditions for Blue Star Silicone employees.
About Blue Star Silicones
Blue Star Silicones is a global silicone raw material manufacturer with annual sales of 525 million euros. The company is headquartered in Lyon, France. Blue Star Silicones is one of the world’s leading integrated silicone manufacturers with more than 60 years of experience in silicone operations and production, and its business spans the world. The company combines its upstream metal silicon business and downstream silicone market and application development expertise to provide a full range of silicone products for use in different market areas, including paper release coatings, textile coatings, medical care, and mold manufacturing. , automotive, aerospace and personal care, etc. Blue Star Silicones is part of the Norwegian company Elkem. 
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