[BANG!] Taking stock of major silicone events in 2016 (Jiangxi New Materials Co., Ltd.)
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01WACKER expands Burghaus Silicone oil production capacity of Sen production base
WACKER Group’s functional silicone oil production capacity expansion project at its Burghausen production base was officially completed and put into production in early January 2016. The total investment in this new production line is approximately 26 million euros, and the expansion project has increased the production capacity of the production line by approximately 70%.
02Evonik joint venture in JapanCastProductionPyrogenic silica device Japan Aerosil, a joint venture between Evonik Industries and Mitsubishi Materials, has put into operation a device for the production of Evonik’s surface-modified Aerosil fumed silica in Yokkaichi, Japan. This brings Evonik’s total capacity for precipitated fumed silica, metal oxides and matting agents in the world to more than 550,000 tons/year.
03QueCheng Silicification announced the establishment of a silica subsidiary in Thailand QueSheng Silicone Chemical Co., Ltd. plans to establish QueSheng Silicone (Thailand) Co., Ltd. with no more than US$30 million of its own funds on March 17 to engage in the production of silica R&D, production and sales.
04Win Innovation Silicone Factory breaks ground in Shanghai Evonik’s special silicone factory in Shanghai, China, broke ground on March 22. The new factory will be located in Evonik’s China multi-user base in the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park. It is planned to open in 2017 It was put into production in the middle of the year, with a total investment of tens of millions of euros.
05WACKER expands Singapore technology center Wacker Chemical Co., Ltd. officially opened its expanded technical center in Singapore. The technical center has a new silicone elastomer development and testing laboratory. In addition, silicone and construction The polymer binder laboratories have also been expanded.
18Dow Corning and IBM collaborate to develop thermal gel and win award Dow Corning’s TC-3040 thermal conductive gel won the 2016 R&D100 Award. This product is a silicon-based thermal interface material (TIM-1) for thermal management developed by Dow Corning in cooperation with IBM, which can improve the performance stability of advanced semiconductor chip applications.
19The cold winter has passed, and the silicone industry has bottomed out In the second half of 2016, the price of organic silicon bottomed out and rebounded. Taking the market price of organic silicon intermediate DMC in East China as an example, the price has dropped from a low of 12,500 on July 26. It began to rebound. As of November 28, the price of DMC rose to 16,800 yuan/ton, an increase of 34%, or 4,300 yuan/ton. At the same time, organic silicone downstream products raw rubber, 107 rubber, silicone oil and other products also followed the rise in DMC prices.
20WACKER plans to build new annual production capacity in the United States13,000 tons fumed silica plant Wacker Chemie AG will purchase a new set of HDK® fumed silica production equipment with an annual capacity of 13,000 tons at its production base in Charleston, Tennessee, USA. Previously, WACKER announced that it would expand the production capacity of HDK® brand fumed silica at its Burghausen production base and expand a production line for hydrophobic fumed silica specialty products.
21Evonik plans to build a precipitated silica plant in the United States Germany Evonik plans to build a new factory in Berkeley, South Carolina, USA, to produce precipitated silica. The project will invest at least US$120 million and is expected to be completed in mid-2018. It also recently acquired the silica business of the American company J.M. Huber (Huber) for US$630 million.
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