China’s Yunnan Yunwei’s new DMF plant to start in June

04 May 2009 04:14  [Source: ICIS news]

SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--Yunnan Yunwei plans to start production at its new 100,000 tonne/year dimethylformamide (DMF) plant in southwest China in June, a company source said on Monday.

The total DMF production capacity in China currently stands at about 900,000 tonnes/year. The new plant will use methanol as one of its feedstock.

Other regional producers of DMF include South Korea’s Samsung Fine Chemical and India’s Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd (RCF).

Jessica Sun from CBI contributed to this article

To discuss issues facing the chemical industry go to ICIS connect

 

By: Heng Hui
+65 6780 4359

For the latest chemical news, data and analysis that directly impacts your business sign up for a free trial to ICIS news - the breaking online news service for the global chemical industry.

Get the facts and analysis behind the headlines from our market leading weekly magazine: sign up to a free trial to ICIS Chemical Business.

Printer Friendly