Industrial Unrest after Chemical Plant Explosion in Jiangsu

The local government in Yancheng city in eastern China has decided to close down the ruined chemical plant where an explosion killed 78 people last month. The March 21 blast at the site owned by the Jiangsu Tianjiayi Chemical Company was the deadliest industrial accident in China since the 2015 Tianjin port warehouse explosion that killed 173. The decision follows a pledge by Jiangsu’s provincial government on Monday to slash the number of chemical production enterprises from 5,433 in 2017 to under 1,000 by 2022, as part of an ambitious plan to overhaul the local chemical manufacturing industry in the wake of the scandal. Doing so will involve reducing the number of industrial estates that house chemical plants in the province from 50 to 20. The recent explosion had interrupted the production and supply of many pigment intermediates. Here is a summary of price movements in the last few weeks: DCB: +CNY3/kg (PR 37,38; PY 12,13,14,17,55, 83, 126, 127, 170, 174, 176; PO 13,34) AAOT: +CNY3.5/kg (PY 14, 174) 4B Acid: +CNY2.0/kg (PR 57:1) 2B Acid: +CNY2.0/kg (PR 48s + PY 191) AS-IRG: +CNY13.0/kg (PY 83) KD: +CNY5.0/kg (PR 31, 146, 176) pCBN: +CNY10.00/kg (PR 254) PABA: +CNY10.00/kg (PR 170, 266) Crude PV 23: +CNY 10/kg (PV 23) Products are temporarily short of supply: Fast Red Base B/GP (PY 74, 65, 1, 3) AS-BI (PR 185, 176), Rhodamine: (PR 81s, PR 169s) Post time: Apr-20-2018

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Precise Color Set Up New Masterbatch Branch

Precise Color and Zhejiang Jinchun Polymer Material Co., Ltd now combine both color masterbatch departments and set up a new branch which focuses on the field of modified plastics and masterbatch. With advanced equipment and relative experiment measurement devices, the new masterbatch branch has adopted global advanced technology, such as twin-screw pelletizing, two-rotor mixer to produce various high-concentration masterbatch, functional masterbatch and modified plastics. All products have achieved ISO 9001:2000 quality certification. The main products include: 1. Mono masterbatch (Single Pigment Concentration):polypropylene chemical fiber masterbatch, non-woven masterbatch, polyester filament or staple fiber masterbatch; 2. Functional masterbatch (Additive Masterbatch): flame retardant, cooling, hydrophilic, softening, anti-static, antibacterial, etc.; Being custom-oriented, reputable, diligent, with high quality, and continuous innovation, we pursuits customers’ recognition. We enthusiastically welcome the guests domestically and abroad to develop long-term cooperation by phone or email. Post time: Aug-18-2018

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PIGMENT YELLOW 180 – Introduction and Application

  PIGMENT YELLOW 180 – Introduction and Application   Pigment Yellow 180 is a greenish yellow pigment with excellent fastness properties Applications in a wide range of polymers and applications including food contact and toys. FDA listed and in French Positive List.Replacement for cadmium, lead chromate and diarylide pigments The main application of this product are plastics,  inks and coatings. Firstly, let’s introduce plastic application. in plastic application, our quality is close to FAST YELLOW HG Detail applications are PP, PO, PVC, RUBBER, PS, ABS and so on. Below are the technical Properties. Pigment yellow 180 has excellent light fastness which is about 7-8 in full shade and 6-7 in reduction, it also has fantastic heat resistance about 290℃ in PE, PP,ABS AND PC . in PS can reach to 300℃. It also Suitability for low warping application, such as Cable Sheathing with Fastness to Bleeding in PVC-P Grade 5.   Secondly, let’s introduce ink application. In inks application, it is close to Novoperm Yellow P-HG  it is a green shade pigment with extremely low specific conductivity (< 0,2 mS/cm), especially recommended for solvent based packaging printing inks. It exhibits highcolor strength, high gloss and high transparency with very good rheological and excellent fastness properties. It is used if the fastness properties of a Pigment Yellow 13 or Pigment Yellow 17 are not sufficient. Benefits: High color strength High gloss and high transparency Very good rheological behaviour Excellent fastness properties   You can see the  Physical Data as listed. And it also shows excellent fastness properties. Thirdly,let’s introduce coating application, In coating application, it is a strong, pure and transparent greenish yellow pigment with excellent fastness. Recommended for powder coating and general industrial coatings mainly used for industrial paints, decorative paints and automotive paints are not recommend. Below are the

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PIGMENT ORANGE 64 – Introduction and Application

  PIGMENT ORANGE 64 – Introduction and Application PO64 is also called Fast Orange GP, it’s a bright reddish orange with high tint strength. It needs 0.42% pigment to prepare 1/3 SD of HDPE with 2% titanium dioxide. The light fastness of Pigment Orange 64 is good and reaches 7-8 grade in PVC (1/3 SD with 2% titanium dioxide). The heat resistance gets up to 260 °C/5min. It is applied not only to the coloring of polyolefin but also to the coloring of styrene engineering plastics. It is the typical color of HDPE pressured pipes. Owing to the high tint strength, high color saturation and excellent overall properties, Pigment Orange 64 may become a standard orange after a certain level of price decreasing. PO64 is a Benzimidazolone pigment, which is a class of high-performance organic pigment, such as PY151, PY180, PO36 are all belong to this category. The molecular structure of PO64 contains an azo group, so it belongs to mono azo pigments, this type of pigments always has bright color and strong color strength. In our QC lab, we use Polypropylene(PP) to do pigment color test. As shown by the picture, the left is full shade color, and the right one is tint shade. It obvious shows PO64 is a very bright reddish orange with high color strength. As this table shows, PO64 has very excellent fastness for acid, alkali, water, oil, light and good weather resistance, heat resistance, solvent resistance. FYI, here is the application properties of PO64 in PVC and HDPE. When we add PO64 in HDPE, it can withstand 300℃ for 5 minutes. But as the temperature increasing, the color shade will become yellowish, but it doesn’t affect the crystallinity of the polymer, or lead to dimensional deformation. Because of its excellent color strength, heat stability and

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PIGMENT YELLOW 191 – Introduction and Application

PIGMENT YELLOW 191 – Introduction and Application Pigment Yellow 191 is a very economical and user-friendly product. It belong to Mono azo Pigment, you can see calcium ion in its Chemical Formula, that is the key reason for its high heat resistance and good fastness. As we know, Most Chinese producers set Fast Yellow HGR which from Clariant as their factory standard. And our quality can match HGR completely. Pigment Yellow 191 is a brilliant reddish yellow pigment, with excellent heat resistance, good migration resistance, good weather, light fastness,and the color is closed to Pigment Yellow 83. Than tinting strength is much lower than Pigment Yellow 83. Formulated 1/3 SD HDPE with 1% of titanium dioxide required 0.34% of pigment, and only 0.08% of pigment is needed for pigment Yellow 83 to achieve the same effect. Pigment Yellow 191 can be used on almost any resin, such as PP, PE, PVC, PS, ABS, PC, Rubber etc, just because of very high heat resistance. But PA, PET, PAN are not recommended. Below figure shows its properties in PVC and HDPE. Regarding regulations, We make AP89-1, EN71-3 certificate every year to provide latest version to our customers. With Reach Certificated, our product is no limited to import to European market.   Finally, Let us replenish another 3 Characteristic about PY191: 1. Pigment Yellow 191 has a relatively low tinting strength,it is suitable for color matching of light-colored varieties. 2. The full shade of Pigment Yellow 191 can still meet requirements of exposing outdoors for a long time. 3. Pigment Yellow 191 has excellent heat resistane,especially for coloring light product can still maintain a good heat resistance, and used for PC is up to 330℃. In addition to using for coloring of PVC and general purpose polyolefin, also can be used for coloring

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Current Dye Market in China — Producers Stop Receiving Orders, Prices Soaring Dramatically

The price of disperse dyes were pushed up again! Jiangsu Tianjiayi Chemical Co., Ltd., which had a particularly severe explosion on March 21, has a capacity of 17,000 tons/year of m-phenylenediamine (dye intermediate), which is the second largest core production plant in the industry. The shortage of phenylenediamine supply and rising prices have led to a surge in the prices of downstream disperse dyes. I. The reduced supply of raw materials China’s phenylenediamine production capacity is about 99,000 tons/year, respectively, Zhejiang Longsheng Group 65,000 tons/year, Sichuan Hongguang Special Chemical Co., Ltd. 17,000 tons/year, Jiangsu Tianjiayi Chemical Co., Ltd. 17,000 tons/year. The explosion accident will affect about 20% of the market capacity of m-phenylenediamine, which will directly lead to an increase in the price of m-phenylenediamine, and the downstream disperse dye market will also rise. According to reports, on the day of the accident, some disperse dye companies and intermediates companies have stopped receiving orders. The actual transaction prices of disperse dyes have increased in the past two days. The ex-factory price of m-phenylenediamine has risen from USD7100/MT to USD15,000/MT, the transaction price is unknown. Besides, the disperse dyes also began to increase rates from March 24, taking Disperse Blue 56, Disperse Red 60 as an example. At present, the price of Disperse Blue 56 is 25.45~31.30 USD/kg. II. Many factors push up In addition to the elements affected by the explosion accident, the price increase of disperse dyes was so related to the recent low inventory of downstream enterprises and the decrease of production capacity. In March, printing and dyeing enterprises were not busy in the peak season, and the price of disperse dyes was very bearish. The level of disperse dyes in printing and dyeing enterprises and distributors was lower than that in the same period of last year.

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