On July 24, the local authority of Zouping City accepted and publicized the environmental impact assessment (EIA) documents for Shandong Hongsheng Starch Technology Co., Ltd. (Shandong Hongsheng)’s 50,000 t/a pre-gelatinized starch products & equipment optimization and upgrading technical transformation project.
Project overview
- Type of project: Technical Innovation
- Location: Shandong Hongsheng’s plant, Zouping City, Binzhou City, Shandong Province
- Total investment: USD1.7 million (RMB12 million), of which USD0.17 million (RMB1.2 million) is environmental protection investment
- Construction contents:
- optimize and upgrade the production process and equipment of the existing projects;
- transform the warehouse into a liquid pre-gelatinized starch production workshop;
- add 37 sets of equipment such as stirring and dispersing tanks, double-screw circulating heating tanks, and biomass steam generators.
- Product Scheme: After the transformation, the product will be optimized from the original 30,000 t/a liquid pregelatinized starch and 20,000 t/a solid pre-gelatinized starch to 45,000 t/a liquid pre-gelatinized starch and 5,000 t/a solid pregelatinized starch.
- Main raw materials:
- Corn starch (solid) reduced from 15,000 t/a to 8,000 t/a;
- Corn starch (35%) reduced from 5,000 t/a to 3,000 t/a;
- Tapioca starch (solid) reduced from 11,282 t/a to 9,651 t/a;
- Hydroxypropyl cellulose 1,500 t/a (No change), etc.
- Labor quota and working system: 10 persons. Three shifts, 300 days of work per year.
- Construction period: 3 months
On August 1, the local authority accepted and publicized the environmental impact assessment (EIA) documents for Shandong Qidali Industrial Technology Co., Ltd.’s 5,000 t/a of gelatinized starch project.
Project overview
- Type of project: New Construction
- Location: Gaotang County, Liaocheng City, Shandong Province
- Total investment: USD0.7 million (RMB5 million)
- Construction contents:
Lease the existing idle plant, mainly purchase 4 sets of feeders, 2 sets of mixers, 2 sets of gelatinization silos, 2 sets of gelatinization machines, 2 sets of air conveyors, 2 sets of cooling silos, 2 sets of dust collectors, 2 sets of packaging silos and other equipment.
- Product Scheme: 5,000 t/a gelatinized starch
- Main raw materials: 5,000 t/a corn starch
- Labor quota and working system: 5 persons. One shift system, working 300 days per year.
- Construction period: 4 months
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