China Shengtong Juyuan New Material 3000 Tons/Year Continuous Hydrogenated Bisphenol A Plant Successfully Start-up

Technological Breakthrough to Create a New Situation in Industry

the field of new chemical materials in China has ushered in an important milestone-the first 3000-ton/year continuous hydrogenated bisphenol A(HBPA) plant led by Kunlun Project has been successfully put into production in Puyang Shengtong Juyuan New Materials Co., Ltd., and the product quality index has reached the international leading level. This breakthrough marks that China has achieved a key leap from technology following to independent innovation in the field of fine chemicals.

The continuous hydrogenation process used in this project has significant advantages over traditional batch production. The traditional process has long production cycle, high energy consumption, poor product consistency and other pain points, while the new process to achieve a simplified process, product purity greatly improved, more importantly, can flexibly adjust the proportion of different isomers, to provide downstream customers with customized product solutions. This kind of technical flexibility will become an important differentiation advantage for enterprises in the fierce market competition.

Market Demand Surge and Supply-side Change

policy-driven release of huge market space

the EU is moving forward with regulations banning the use of Bisphenol A(BPA) in food contact materials, a policy change that creates a significant alternative market opportunity for HBPA. Compared with bisphenol A, hydrogenated bisphenol A has low reproductive toxicity, high chemical stability, excellent UV resistance and excellent thermal stability, which fully meets the requirements of food safety standards.

As the core raw material for the synthesis of unsaturated polyester resin and epoxy resin, HBPA is applied to high value-added market segments such as high-end electronic packaging, electrical insulation materials, wind turbine blade coatings, and medical device components. As the global demand for environmentally friendly materials continues to grow, the market prospects for these applications are very broad.

Acceleration of supply-side structural change

china's HBPA industry was previously dominated by small-scale intermittent production, and high production costs limited the development of the industry. The successful industrialization of the continuous process will significantly reduce production costs and enhance the competitiveness of the product market, which is expected to promote the supply-side structural reform of the industry. The production scale of 3000 tons/year will effectively alleviate the contradiction between domestic supply and demand and provide stable and high-quality raw material supply for downstream enterprises.

Significant results of deep integration of industry, university and research

this technological breakthrough reflects the successful model of industry-university-research collaborative innovation in China's chemical industry. Kunlun Engineering, in conjunction with CNOOC Tianjin Chemical Research and Design Institute and Puyang Shengtong Juyuan New Materials Company, completed the full-chain technology development from basic research and development to engineering application in two and a half years, and built a complete technology system covering catalysts, special equipment and process flow.

The construction of intellectual property rights has achieved fruitful results. It has applied for 4 invention patents and 1 technical secret, and participated in the formulation of 2 industry standards for hydrogenated bisphenol A and related epoxy resins, which has built a solid foundation for technology standardization and large-scale promotion.

This technological breakthrough not only breaks the foreign technology monopoly, but also provides strong support for the promotion of the position of Chinese chemical enterprises in the global value chain. With the continuous improvement of technology and the deepening of market application, HBPA is expected to become an important growth engine in the field of new chemical materials, creating new profit growth points for related enterprises.