Summary: The 25,000 t/a fine chemical project is a key industrial project Suzhou Bianjing has planned right after the establishment of its wholly-owned subsidiary Heze Bianjing. Phase I of the project will build 15,000 t/a production lines for a series of pesticide formulation products, and the phase II will construct 5,000 t/a capacity for imidacloprid TC and another 5,000 t/a capacity for acetamiprid TC.

In May, CCM learned from Heze Bianjing Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (Heze Bianjing) of detailed production plan of its 25,000 t/a fine chemical project. The company revealed that it had been actively pushing forward with the necessary formalities for the project. Heze Bianjing is a newly established wholly-owned subsidiary of Suzhou Bianjing Agro-Biochemical Co., Ltd. (Suzhou Bianjing). The large-scale fine chemical project is Heze Bianjing's first industrial project, and through this project, Suzhou Bianjing intends to develop Heze Bianjing into a production base in the Chengwu Chemical Park, Heze City, Shandong Province. According to the plan, the phase I will build 15,000 t/a production lines for a series of pesticide formulation products, and the phase II will construct 5,000 t/a capacity for imidacloprid TC and another 5,000 t/a capacity for acetamiprid TC.

Suzhou Bianjing is headquartered in Wuzhong District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province. The company engages in pesticide R&D, production and distribution businesses. In recent years, it has established several subsidiaries, including Wuwei Jieda Technology Co., Ltd. (Wuwei Jieda) and Wuzhong Linghang Biological & Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Wuzhong Linghang), beyond Heze Bianjing. Wuwei Jieda was founded in Jan. 2016 and is located in the Hongshagang Industrial Park, Minqin County, Wuwei City, Gansu Province. Wuzhong Linghang was founded in March 2019 and is located in the Qingtongxia Industrial Park, Wuzhong City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Heze Bianjing was founded in Oct. 2022.

Suzhou Bianjing once built up a large production plant in its headquarters in Wuzhong District of Suzhou City. However, according to a notice released by the district-level industry and information technology bureau on 16 Feb., 2023, the company's production plant had already been closed by then, in accordance with chemical industry workplace safety and environmental protection rectification plans rolled out by local governments. In fact, to rectify and improve workplace safety and environmental protection situations in the pesticide industry, Jiangsu government has ordered a large number of pesticide enterprises within the province to close and remove their production plants. Suzhou Bianjing is just one example.

With the establishment of the subsidiaries, Suzhou Bianjing started to relocate its production capacity and develop new production bases. At present, Wuwei Jieda has 2,000 t/a capacity for 2-chloro-5-(chloromethyl)pyridine (CCMP), and Wuzhong Linghang has production capacity of 1,000 t/a acetamiprid TC, 1,000 t/a nitenpyram TC and 2,000 t/a imidacloprid TC. And now a new production plant in Heze City of Shandong Province is in progress.

It is believed that Heze Bianjing's 25,000 t/a fine chemical project is feasible and conforms to policies and documents rolled out by multilevel governments. There is a high possibility that the company could soon go through all the necessary formalities, since it has been actively cooperating with related local departments. It is worth noting that Suzhou Bianjing's Suzhou plant mainly produced pesticide formulations before the closure, and this time the planned 15,000 t/a pesticide formulation capacity in Heze Bianjing could later bridge the gap left by the closure. And once the phase II 5,000 t/a imidacloprid TC and 5,000 t/a acetamiprid TC lines are finished and thrown into operation, Suzhou Bianjing will see a giant leap in its overall production scale for imidacloprid TC and acetamiprid TC.