In late Jan. 2021, the
company Inner Mongolia 3F published its plan for a 13,000 t/a polyvinylidene difluoride
(PVDF) project. According to recent information, the project aims to set up production
for 13,000 t/a PVDF, 13,000 t/a of vinylidene difluoride (VDF), as well as
20,000 t/a of 1-Chloro-1, 1-difluoroethane (F142b). The project will be
established in the factory of Inner Mongolia 3F Wanhao Fluorochemical Industry
Co., Ltd., located in the fluorine chemical industrial park of Fengzhen in
Wulanchabu City, Inner Mongolia.
According
to a source familiar with the matter, the project is currently waiting for the
approval by Ministry of Ecological Environment. Inner Mongolia 3F Wanhao
Fluorochemical Industry Co., Ltd. was founded in 2006. The company mainly
produce environmentally friendly refrigerant products such as F152a, F142b,
VDF, PVDF, FKM, perfluorooctanoate (PFOA), HFC-143a, and AHF.
Inner Mongolia 3F already a
major player in chemical production
The current F152a production of the company is about 40,000 t/a,
and the current 142b production is about 38,500 t/a. It is estimated that by 2022,
the company will reach its 142b production goal of 58,500 t/a. The current VDF
production is 12,000 t/a, while the current PVDF productivity is 7,000 t/a. It
is estimated that the production of PVDF will reach 20,000 t/a by 2022. The
current FKM production is 3,500 t/a and is expected to reach 5,000t/a by 2022.
In 2019, the prime operating revenue of Inner Mongolia 3F Wanhao
Fluorochemical Industry Co., Ltd. was approximately RMB 738 million with an
export revenue of USD 11 million, a domestic sales revenue of RMB 660 million,
as well as a profits tax of RMB 70 million.
Inner Mongolia’s chemical
processing industry growing
Fengzhen Fluorine Chemical
Industrial Park was established in 2005, and the industrial park covers a total
area of approximately 467 thousand square meters, with floor space of 180
thousand square meters. Fengzhen Fluorine Chemical Industrial Park mainly contains
the following enterprises: Inner
Mongolia 3F Wanhao Fluorochemical Industry Co., Ltd., Inner Mongolia Alltop
Fluorine Chemical New Material Development Co., Ltd., Inner Mongolia Changfu
Chemical Co., Ltd., Inner Mongolia Changxin Chemical Co., Ltd, as well as Inner
Mongolia Fuhua Chemical Co., Ltd. In 2010, the industrial park in the Inner
Mongolia Autonomous region was considered to be one of the 22 key industrial
parks in the eastern Mongolia area.
There are also several key
projects that were recently established in Inner Mongolia, which includes a
coal to ethanol project, a fine chemical project, as well as a high-end
chemical project. The coal to ethanol project is considered as the first major
coal to ethanol project in China, with an estimated output of 600 thousand t/a.
The project is led by Beijing Petrochemical Engineering Co., Ltd., as well as
Inner Mongolia Chuangmeng Energy Chemical Co., Ltd. The project covers a total
area of about 700 thousand square meters. The plan of the project is to use
coal as raw material to produce synthesis gas, and the synthesis gas will mainly
be sent to an ethanol plant, with small part of synthesis gas sent to a fine
chemical project.
For more information, please check
our resources on China’s
chemicals market.