Summary: Veyong Bio-chemical has planned to launch an expansion and technological transformation project to increase its capacity for emamectin benzoate TC to 500 t/a and that for pymetrozine TC to 700 t/a. The two TC products are the company's leading products.

In July, the environmental impact (EI) reports of Hebei Veyong Bio-chemical Co., Ltd. (Veyong Bio-chemical)'s two projects were published by local government. This May, the company decided to build the capacity expansion and technological transformation project for emamectin benzoate TC and pymetrozine TC, which will expand its emamectin benzoate TC capacity from existing 300 t/a to 500 t/a and pymetrozine TC from 500 t/a to 700 t/a. Meanwhile, the company has also planned a 1,000 t/a glufosinate-ammonium and 10,000 t/a glufosinate-p project. For both projects, Veyong Bio-chemical has acquired recordation certificates.

Veyong Bio-chemical, with 60 plus years of experience in pesticide production and business, is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Limin Group Co., Ltd. Its production plant is located in the Shijiazhuang Circular Chemical Industrial Park, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province. Aside from production lines for emamectin benzoate TC and pymetrozine TC, it has active production capacity for glufosinate-ammonium TC, azoxystrobin TC, fosthiazate TC, dinotefuran TC, clothianidin TC, diflubenzuron TC, hexaflumuron TC and a series of pesticide formulations.

Capacity expansion for emamectin benzoate TC and pymetrozine TC, as well as large-scale industrialisation of glufosinate-p TC, are two examples of Veyong Bio-chemical's efforts in scaling up operation. Such moves are typical in China's pesticide industry in recent years as many quality pesticide enterprises have seized up opportunities in the market to develop and grow stronger through methods such as technological upgrade and capacity expansion. Also in this period, the industry got rid of a large quantity of backward and unqualified capacity under the pressures of supply side reform, increasingly higher standards on environmental protection and workplace safety, etc. Overall competitive landscape in China's pesticide industry has been profoundly affected and restructured.

Emamectin benzoate is a non-persistent high-efficacy novel insecticide and semi-synthetic antibiotic with low toxicity and small residue. Synthesised from abamectin TC, it is widely used in the control of pests on vegetables, fruit trees, cotton, etc.; it can, in particular, effectively control Spodoptera frugiperda. Currently, in China, emamectin benzoate is not only one of the leading insecticides consumed in domestic market, but also one of the main insecticides exported.

Veyong Bio-chemical is one of the early comers in emamectin benzoate production in China. After years of experience in production and R&D, its core production technique for emamectin benzoate TC becomes advanced and leads in the industry—with simplified, stable processes, and requiring smaller investment in equipment. It is worth noting that its sister company Inner Mongolia New Veyong Bio-chemical Co., Ltd. has built up 500 t/a emamectin benzoate TC lines and put them into operation, with the support of Veyong Bio-chemical's advanced production technique.

Besides the two sister companies, many Chinese pesticide producers have boasted emamectin benzoate TC capacity, and thus China has become a big production country of this product. According to incomplete statistics from China Crop Protection Industry Association (CCPIA), other major domestic emamectin benzoate TC producers include Ningxia Taiyicin Biotech Co., Ltd., Inner Mongolia Jumbo Biochemistry Co., Ltd., Synwill (Nantong) Chemical Co., Ltd., Qingdao KYX Chemical Co., Ltd., Qilu Synva Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Syngenta Nantong Crop Protection Co., Ltd., Jingmen Jinxianda Biotechnology Co., Ltd. and Jingbo Agrochemicals Technology Co., Ltd.

Pymetrozine is a mainstream insecticide; it is among the leading insecticides in the consumption both at home and abroad. It is effective in the control of multiple pests on crops and plants including rice, corn, wheat, cotton, cucumber, celery, mulberry tree, peach tree, tobacco, spinach, tea tree, tomato, wild rice stem, cabbage, Hangzhou white chrysanthemum, ornamental flowers and lotus root. No wonder it plays a big role in agricultural production.

China is a major pymetrozine TC supplier and exporter. Currently key domestic pymetrozine TC producers include Jiangsu Kwin Group Co., Ltd., Shenyang Sciencreat Chemicals Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Jiangu Chemical Co., Ltd., ADAMA Anpon (Jiangsu) Ltd., Lanzhou Xinlongtai Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Shandong United Pesticide Industry Co., Ltd. and Veyong Bio-chemical. Once Veyong Bio-chemical finishes pymetrozine capacity expansion, it will gain certain competitive advantage in this market.