据ICIS网站8月19日消息 韩国生产商乐金化学将在未来八年内投资2.6万亿韩元（22亿美元），在忠清南道省新建10座生产环保材料的工厂。
该公司在一份声明中表示，根据与塞桑省和塞桑市签署的协议，公司已为这些工厂额外获得79万平方米的土地。
乐金化学首席执行官Hak Cheol Shin表示：“该投资协议是可持续增长战略的一部分，也是宣布全面扩大环保材料业务规模的信号。”
该项目将包括乐金化学公司大山石化总厂生产5万吨/年聚己二酸丁二醇酯-对苯二甲酸乙二醇酯（PBAT）和10万吨/年聚烯烃弹性体（POE）太阳能薄膜的工厂。
这两座工厂将于今年开始建设，预计将于2024年投入商业生产。
预计这些工厂每年将为乐金化学带来超过4700亿韩元的额外销售额。
乐金化学表示：“从今年开始建设PBAT和POE工厂开始，乐金化学计划在2028年前将大山综合设施发展成为以ESG（环境、社会和（公司）治理）为基础的企业的圣地，从生物原料生产到环保材料、废塑料回收和温室气体减排。”
PBAT在自然界中通过氧、热、光和酶反应迅速分解，POE作为一种高附加值合成树脂，具有橡胶和塑料特性，具有高绝缘性和防潮性能，并具有优异的发电效率。
乐金化学在大山拥有一家现有的POE工厂，产能为28万吨/年。
该公司表示，用于保护太阳能电池板和最大限度减少电力损失的薄膜的POE需求正在迅速增加。
报告补充称，根据行业估计，到2025年，PBAT和POE的年均增长率应为30%，原因是易腐塑料需求增加，新能源和可再生能源的扩张符合ESG趋势。
（1美元=1177韩元）
王磊 摘译自 ICIS
原文如下：
S Korea’s LG Chem invests W2.6tr in 10 plants in Chungnam province
South Korean producer LG Chem is investing won (W) 2.6tr ($2.2bn) over the next eight years to build 10 new plants that will produce environmentally friendly materials in Chungnam province.
It has secured an additional 790,000sqm site for the plants, based align="justify"> “This investment agreement is a part of the sustainable growth strategy and a signal to announce the full-fledged scale-up of the eco-friendly material business,” LG Chem CEO Hak Cheol Shin said.
The project will include plants that will produce 50,000 tonnes/year of polybutylene adipate-co-terephthalate (PBAT) and 100,000 tonnes/year of polyolefin elastomer (POE) for solar films at LG Chem’s Daesan petrochemical complex, it said.
Construction of the two plants will begin this year, with commercial production expected in 2024.
The plants are expected to generate additional sales exceeding W470bn align="justify"> “Starting with the construction of PBAT and POE plants this year, LG Chem plans to develop the Daesan Complex as a mecca for ESG [Environmental, Social and (Corporate) Governance]-based businesses, from bio-based raw material production to eco-friendly materials, waste plastic recycling, and greenhouse gas reduction by 2028,” LG Chem said.
PBAT breaks down rapidly in nature through oxygen, heat, light and enzymatic reactions, while POE – a high value-added synthetic resin with both rubber and plastic properties has high insulation and moisture barrier properties and has superior power generation efficiency, it said.
LG Chem has an existing POE plant in Daesan with a 280,000 tonne/year capacity.
Demand for POE is rapidly increasing for use in films that protect solar panels and minimise power loss, the company said.
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