Jiangsu Baoshen Longcheng Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Baoshen Longcheng) plans to invest USD8.4 million (RMB60 million) in a 1,920 t/a of food-grade amino acid project comprising 12 products: 100 t/a of DL-homocysteine thiolactone hydrochloride, 1,020 t/a of N-acetyl-L-cysteine, 100 t/a of N-acetyl-L-thioproline, 100 t/a of N-acetyl-L-tyrosine, 50 t/a of N-acetyl-(D)L-leucine, 100 t/a of L-ornithine hydrochloride. 50 t/a of S-hydroxymethyl-L-cysteine, 100 t/a of L-cysteine (base), 100 t/a of L-pyroglutamic acid, 50 t/a of L-cysteine hydrochloride anhydrous, 100 t/a of L-lysine hydrochloride and 50 t/a of L-ornithine aspartate.
Due to market conditions, the project will be built in two phases. On 10 Sept., the local Ecology & Environment Bureau approved the EI report for Phase I and released the decision for public inspection.
Overview of Phase I
- Nature: Retrofitting
- Location: Guannan County, Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province
- Total investment: USD5.6 million (RMB40 million), of which USD0.14 million (RMB 1 million) is for environmental protection
- Product plan:
- 1,020 t/a of N-acetyl-L-cysteine
- 100 t/a of N-acetyl-L-tyrosine
- 100 t/a of L-ornithine hydrochloride
- 50 t/a of S-hydroxymethyl-L-cysteine
- 100 t/a of L-cysteine (base)
- 50 t/a of L-cysteine hydrochloride anhydrous
- 100 t/a of L-lysine hydrochloride
- Key raw materials: L-cystine, L-tyrosine, L-arginine, L-lysine HCl, acetic anhydride, etc.
- Labor quota: No additional staff (Relying on existing workforce)
- Working system: three 8hr shifts per day, 300 working days per year
- Construction period: 3 months
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