据世界石油新闻2020年8月20日报道,由德国化工巨头巴斯夫和日本出光兴产株式会社组成的合资企业巴斯夫出光兴产有限公司(BIC)将在今年12月份关闭其在日本千叶市的1.4丁二醇(BDO)厂。巴斯夫和出光兴产之间签署的合资企业协议将在今年12月份以后终止。
巴斯夫与出光兴产达成共同协议,决定关闭BIC,这是巴斯夫对其在BDO价值链中的资产正在进行的长期选择的全球评估的一部分。BIC有21名员工,而每个员工今后将在出光兴产或巴斯夫集团日本分公司中获得一份可供选择的工作。
巴斯夫在亚洲、北美和欧洲的BDO及其衍生产品生产厂将继续通过其全球网站向日本客户提供BDO产品,目前这些产品由BIC提供
巴斯夫负责亚太地区半成品的高级总裁瓦西利奥斯·加兰诺斯说:“作为全球BDO和衍生品业务的领先公司之一,巴斯夫将继续以高质量的产品为全球客户提供服务。最近的措施是我们战略的一部分,以确保我们进一步提高我们在市场上的竞争力,为我们客户的业务和巴斯夫增加长期价值。”
BIC总裁Masaru Saitoh解释道:“由于BDO在日本的市场规模不断缩小以及亚洲因最近投资煤基BDO新生产厂导致亚洲BDO产能严重过剩,千叶厂的关闭是不可避免的。为此,BIC正在与所有的客户接触,以支持顺利的过渡。”
BDO及其衍生物是生产工程塑料、聚氨酯、溶剂和弹性氨纶纤维的重要化工原料。
李峻 编译自 世界石油新闻
原文如下:
BASF and Idemitsu end petrochemical JV
BASF Idemitsu Co., Ltd. (“BIC”), a joint venture between BASF SE (“BASF”) and Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (“IKC”), will be closing its 1,4-Butanediol (“BDO”) plant at Chiba, Japan in December 2020. The joint venture agreement between BASF and IKC will be terminated thereafter.
BASF’s decision to close the BIC plant in mutual agreement with IKC is part of an ongoing global review of long-term options conducted by BASF for its assets in the BDO value chain. The BIC plant employs 21 people and everyone will be offered alternative employment at IKC or BASF Group in Japan.
With production plants in Asia, North America and Europe for BDO and its derivatives, BASF will continue to offer BDO from its global sites to customers in Japan currently supplied from BIC.
“As one of the leading companies in the business with BDO and derivatives, we will continue to support our customers on a global basis with our high-quality products. The recent measure is part of our strategy to ensure that we further improve our competitiveness in the markets where we add long-term value to both our customers’ businesses and to BASF,” said Vasilios Galanos, Senior Vice President, Intermediates Asia Pacific, BASF.
“The closure of the Chiba plant has become inevitable due to a declining BDO market size in Japan and significant overcapacities in Asia due to recent investments into new coal-based BDO production sites,” explained Masaru Saitoh, President, BIC. BIC is reaching out to all customers to support a smooth transition.
BDO and its derivatives are essential chemical materials for the production of engineering plastics, polyurethanes, solvents and elastic spandex fibers.