Advanced Biochemical Thailand business transfers to AGC Vinythai
The Thailand-based bio-based epichlorohydrin producer has been absorbed by its parent company to increase its cooperation efficiencies with customer and business partners.
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One year after launching the new Epinity brand — a 100% bio-based epichlorohydrin (ECH) that can be applied to a variety of end uses, including epoxy resins — Advanced Biochemical (Thailand) Co. Ltd (ABT, Rayong, Thailand) is stepping forward to be more efficient in providing services and cooperation with its customers and business partners. The ABT business was completely transferred to its parent company, AGC Vinythai Public Co. Ltd (Rayong), on July 3.
As AGC Vinythai Public Co. Ltd already owned 100% of ABT shares, this is an administrative change. It will not affect the day-to-day running of the Epinity business. This is reiterated by Masayoshi Namba, managing director of ABT: “This transition will not affect our product, its quality specification, our facilities or our work as we continue to build Epinity in the market and ultimately replace petro-based epichlorohydrin.”
“ABT has been producing bio-based epichlorohydrin for over 11 years at our site in Thailand. Integrating with AGC Vinythai will make our service even more efficient and effective in the future,” Kazuaki Koga, managing director of AGC Vinythai Public Co. Ltd, adds.
AGC Vinythai manufactures and distributes chloralkali products in the intermediate petrochemical industry. Its polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resins are distributed to manufacturers who reprocess PVC into finished products in the downstream petrochemical industry. The key products include PVC resins, caustic soda and bio-based epichlorohydrin for a wide range of industries in emerging markets in Asia and worldwide.
