14 November 2016
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* The Honorable Minister of Industry,
Doctor Atchaka Sibunruang
was the Chair Lady
in the ritual and spiritual ceremony
of the ground breaking. Furthermore,
* the Governor of Rayong and
* the Deputy Secretary General
of the Thai Board of Investment (BOI)
were present.
The Netherlands was officially represented by
* the Deputy Ambassador,
Mr Guillaume Teerling.
The Minister of Industry and Corbion
have a long standing relationship
given that Dr Atchaka Sibunruang was already
involved in the building of
the lactic acid plant back in 2004
in her role as
Senior Executive Investment Advisor
at the Office of the BOI.
She reinforced the significance of this development
for Thailand in the field of sustainable solutions.
Corbion's CEO Tjerk de Ruiter
"At Corbion, we believe in building a great future
for the people of today and generations to come .
that's what we do here in Thailand
with the construction of this plant,
biobased and biodegradable plastics will certainly
help to minimize adverse impacts on
human health and the environment."
"We are now entering the next stage of construction,
and we are confident that our world-class facility
will deliver the innovative solutions
that our customers are seeking."
The ground breaking ceremony
which took place on November 9th, 2016
marked the official start of construction
of the new PLA bioplastics polymerization plant
at the existing Corbion site in Rayong, Thailand.
Upon completion in 2018, it will be able to produce
the complete Luminy® portfolio of PLA neat resins:
from standard PLA
to innovative, high heat resistant PLA.
The new 75 kTpa PLA plant will be constructed
using Corbion's and
Sulzer's proprietory polymerization technology,
and key equipment will be supplied
by Sulzer Chemtech Ltd (Switzerland).
In addition to the construction
of this new PLA polymerization plant, Corbion
will expand its existing lactide plant
in Thailand by 25 kTpa.
With this expansion, Corbion will be able to serve
its current and future lactide customers.
The lactide expansion will also enable
the production of a wider range of lactides
than is currently possible.
The targeted start-up date for
the PLA polymerization plant
and the lactide expansion
is in the second half of 2018.
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