Various equipment on the production line are operating in an orderly manner, and pieces of airgel insulation blankets are coming off the production line one after another... There is a busy scene in the workshop of Zhonghua Hualu New Materials Co., Ltd., Changshou District, Chongqing.
"With the restoration of production and living order, the sales of the company's products are now steadily increasing, and basically all employees are on duty and are fully producing according to orders!" Fu Yuchuan, the company's deputy general manager, said that airgel materials have excellent thermal insulation, fire retardant and With other properties, the company's airgel insulation felts, battery insulation sheets and other products are favored by the market. The second phase of the production expansion project is planned to start construction at the end of this year.
Sinochem Hualu New Materials Co., Ltd. is producing airgel insulation felts. (Photo provided by interviewee)
Changshou District is located in the eastern part of Chongqing's central city. Within its jurisdiction is the Changshou Economic and Technological Development Zone, which is an important comprehensive chemical base in the western region. As the Spring Festival approaches, the reporter visited the Changshou Economic Development Zone and saw that there are many companies like Sinochem Hualu New Materials Co., Ltd. that are scrambling for time and busy with production.
Corporate vitality comes from industrial transformation. According to the relevant person in charge of the Economic Operation Bureau of the Changshou Economic and Technological Development Zone, in the past, the Changshou Economic and Technological Development Zone mainly produced primary chemical raw materials, basic steel products, etc. The industrial structure was overweight and growth was weak, which also put great pressure on the ecological protection of the Yangtze River. As a strategic emerging industry, high-end new materials have broad development prospects. Therefore, in recent years, Changshou District has proposed the goal of building a "new material highland". On the one hand, it uses primary chemicals such as methanol and steel as raw materials to extend the industrial chain downstream. On the other hand, it aims at the frontier areas of new materials to accelerate technological innovation and promote the transformation and upgrading of the park.
At Chongqing Yixiang Chemical Co., Ltd. in Changshou Economic Development Zone, the automated equipment is operating at full capacity to produce methyl methacrylate materials. "This material is mainly used to produce products such as plexiglass. In the past, our country mainly relied on imports. In recent years, we have successfully made breakthroughs in related technologies through continuous research and development. Since the company officially went into production in 2020, the supply of products has exceeded demand. In 2022, the output value will be 3.5 billion yuan. A year-on-year increase of 47%." said Wei Yingzhi, deputy general manager of the company.
Wei Yingzhi introduced that the longer the chemical industry extends the industrial chain, the higher the added value of products will be and the lower the environmental risks will be. He said: "Our project settled in Changshou District to achieve a win-win effect. It not only digests millions of tons of local chemical raw materials such as methanol and liquid ammonia, but also meets the huge demand for methyl methacrylate materials in related manufacturing industries in the southwest. This year We plan to build projects such as optical-grade organic glass materials to produce higher-end products."
To upgrade the steel industry, product structure adjustment is the key. Relying on Chongqing Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., Changshou District has introduced projects such as high-ductility cold-rolled ribbed steel bars and steel strands to produce high-end pipe and wire rods, automobile steel, etc., to achieve diversification and high added value of steel products.
In addition to leveraging the advantages of raw materials to promote the transformation of the chemical steel industry, Changshou District also targets the cutting-edge fields of new materials and encourages corporate technological innovation. In 2022, there will be 23 new high-tech enterprises and 12 R&D institutions.
Walking into Kaidisu (Chongqing) Co., Ltd., you will be dazzled by the numerous pipeline installations, and the company is preparing for mass production. Dr. Tan Li, manager of the company's technical department, said that the company has relied on technological innovation to produce feed protein through natural gas fermentation. The protein output produced by this new technology far exceeds that of soybeans.
Along with industrial upgrading, local environmental supervision is also upgrading. At present, Changshou Economic Development Zone has built five-level sewage interception devices and environmental emergency command platforms at the "device level, factory level, district level, economic development zone level, and river level" to high standards. It has invested a total of about 10 billion yuan in building sewage treatment plants, In facilities such as industrial waste disposal sites, pipeline networks are built on the ground in key areas to check whether raw materials and sewage are leaking or leaking, so as to nip the risk of environmental pollution in the bud to the greatest extent.
Data shows that the Changshou Economic Development Zone has formed core industrial chains such as new natural gas chemical materials, new silicon-based materials, and new energy materials. It has gathered nearly 200 new material companies of various types. In 2022, the industrial output value will reach 120.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase 9%.
From the traditional chemical steel industry to new materials, this old park has burst out with new vitality. The person in charge of the Changshou Economic and Technological Development Zone said that in 2023, the Changshou Economic and Technological Development Zone will further optimize the park's infrastructure facilities, build a good business environment, and strive to create a "new materials highland" with industry influence.
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