We will "increase" and "supplement" the domestic chemical fiber sub sectors, and this key foreign-funded project will start construction in Jinshan, Shanghai
On the morning of June 9th, the "Annual Production of 60000 Tons of Additives Project" of Kekai Chemical Co., Ltd. held a groundbreaking ceremony at the Carbon Valley Green Bay Industrial Park in Shanghai. The project covers an area of about 40 acres, with a planned total investment of 250 million yuan. The expected annual output value of the entire line after reaching production is about 700 million yuan, and the annual tax revenue is about 70 million yuan.
It is reported that the project has been listed as one of the "Top 10 Key Foreign Investment Projects in Shanghai" for the current year. After the completion of the new factory, it can meet the growing demand of domestic enterprises for a large number of spinning oil products, better compensate for the technical shortcomings of domestic chemical fiber products in the market, and become a strong support force for "increasing" and "supplementing" the chemical fiber sub sector.
In recent years, the National Bureau of Statistics has included fiberglass and fiberglass products in the "Strategic Emerging Industry Classification". After continuous and rapid development, China's chemical fiber production has accounted for more than two-thirds of the world's total. However, currently the maximum annual production of chemical fiber oil agents in China is only nearly 300000 tons, with about 40% of chemical fiber oil agents relying on imports. This is both a challenge and an opportunity.
The products and services of German enterprise Kekai began to enter the Chinese market in 1994. Since settling in Carbon Valley Green Bay for 16 years, Kekai has initially grown into a "leader" in green additives, with over 2000 varieties of research and development additives, and has been awarded titles such as Shanghai High tech Enterprise and Shanghai "Specialized, Refined, Unique, and New" Small and Medium sized Enterprise.
The chemical fiber oil agents produced by Kekai have high flame retardant, anti-static, antioxidant, tear resistant and other characteristics, which can meet the growing demand of domestic enterprises for a large number of spinning oil products and alleviate China's dependence on imported oil agents. As a chemical manufacturer upstream of the textile, chemical fiber, and leather industry chains, Kekai mainly uses palm oil, coconut oil, and soybean oil as raw materials. The new additives produced do not contain heavy metals and harmful substances, ensuring the green color attributes of downstream producers and even the entire supply chain products. This can greatly improve the pollution problems of traditional leather and textile manufacturing industries, and tear off the label of "leather is polluted, printing and dyeing is destroyed".
"The existing production capacity can no longer meet market demand. After preliminary comparative investigation and research, we have decided to invest in the new project in Carbon Valley Green Bay," said Seyit Gunduz, Chairman of Kekai Group. The reason for continuing to choose Carbon Valley Green Bay is not only to value the geographical advantage of the park located at the core of the one hour economic circle in the Yangtze River Delta, but also to value the green development prospects of the park. Currently, Carbon Valley Green Bay is actively promoting the creation of a national ecological civilization demonstration park, promoting the transformation of the chemical industry towards a green and high value-added direction, and taking the path of sustainable acceleration and high-quality development.
The reporter learned that the project adopts a customized factory building model through cooperation between enterprises and the park, and foreign-funded enterprises such as Mitsui and Huntsman in the park also adopt this model. The park provides land and customizes the construction of factories according to the actual needs of enterprises. Enterprises can rent factories by moving in. Unlike traditional enterprises that acquire land to build factories, this model can reduce the initial investment costs of enterprises, allowing them to allocate more funds and energy to production and research and development.
"Customized factory buildings are a measure we have taken to optimize our business environment. In recent years, we have comprehensively promoted the speed of work, service quality, and work efficiency through attracting investment, projects, and services, allowing enterprises to dare to invest, operate with peace of mind, and grow stronger in the park. Kekai is a good example. Its first production base in Jinshan has always ranked among the top enterprises in the park in terms of per mu output, and the second production base continues to choose the park. We will wholeheartedly provide the best, fastest, and best services to help Kekai's high-quality development." said Cheng Lin, General Manager of Carbon Valley Green Bay Company.
It is reported that the park provides full tracking services from project negotiations to project implementation. By establishing a dedicated team, improving collaborative mechanisms, scheduling time nodes, and regularly holding project promotion meetings, the park promptly studies and solves specific project problems to accelerate project implementation. Since the beginning of this year, the park has focused on the "3+1" industry positioning led by energy conservation and environmental protection, actively promoting a number of high-quality projects including Sinopec Elastomer, Dongjiu, Zhuangchen, etc.
In recent years, following the principle of encouraging high-quality industries and eliminating backward industries, Carbon Valley Green Bay has accelerated the promotion of asset repurchases and land storage for enterprises in the transformation area. As of the end of 2022, 79 enterprises in the park have been shut down, but the output tax revenue has increased instead of decreasing. In 2022, the output value will be 31 billion yuan, and the tax revenue will be 3.84 billion yuan; Based on 2016, the average output value per mu has increased by 12% annually, and the average tax revenue per mu has increased by 11% annually. The number of enterprises with tax revenues exceeding 10 million yuan increased from 22 at the end of 2016 to 34 by the end of 2022; The number of large enterprises with an output value of over 400 million has increased from 11 at the end of 2016 to 21 by the end of 2022.
We need to retain high-quality stock foreign investment and attract more high-quality foreign investment. Next, the park will actively plan to "go global" and attract investment in overseas clusters. Based on the characteristics of industrial clusters, the investment targets will be focused on key areas with unique advantages in the development of chemical and new materials industries such as Germany, Japan, and Singapore. High quality foreign investment projects will be used to attract and promote high-quality economic development.
