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ADISSEO LAUNCHES NEW LIQUID METHIONINE PRODUCTION IN CHINA

Adisseo’s new liquid methionine plant in Nanjing (the BANC2 project) has begun commercial production following the conclusion of its testing phase. The plant, which started up in August, has a nameplate capacity of 180,000 tonnes/year.

LITHUANIAN FEED PHOSPHATE PRODUCTION: ON AGAIN, OFF AGAIN

Lithuanian feed phosphates manufacturer Lifosa, a subsidiary of EuroChem, restarted operations in early August after a four-month hiatus while the company adapted to the sanctions that had been put on EuroChem’s owner. However, by mid-September, Lifosa was set to stop operations once more as expensive natural gas shut down its suppliers of important inputs such as ammonia.

MOSAIC’S FEED PHOSPHATE OPERATIONS AFFECTED BY HURRICANE

The Mosaic Company has said that its North American phosphates operations, located in Florida, were negatively impacted by Hurricane Ian. According to early assessments, phosphate production could be down by approximately 200,000250,000 tonnes, split roughly evenly between Q3 and Q4 2022.

BASF TO EXPAND VITAMIN A POWDER FORMULATION CAPACITIES

BASF announced in late July plans to expand its vitamin A formulation capacities in Ludwigshafen. The new facility, which will be fully integrated into vitamin production at the site, will support and further expand the production of vitamin A powder products for the animal nutrition industry. Start-up is planned for mid-2023 and will “stepwise increase BASF’s vitamin A powder formulation capacities in line with the increased vitamin A acetate production capacity,” the company said.

GARDEN GROUP OPENS VITAMIN D3 PROJECT

Garden Group began operations at its backward-integrated vitamin D3 project located at the Jinxi Technology Park, Jinhua, Zhejiang province in mid-September. It is understood that total investment in the project amounted to CNY 10.3 billion (USD 1.46 billion).

VITAMIN E PLANT REOPENS AFTER LONGER-THANEXPECTED MAINTENANCE

DSM completed maintenance work at its vitamin E 50% plant in Sisseln, Switzerland, in the week commencing 19 September. The plant did not restart at the end of August as planned and had been operating at reduced rates.

KEXING LOOKS TO EXPAND PRODUCTION OF ADDITIVES INCLUDING VITAMINS

Kexing Biochem is applying for environmental permissions to expand its production of additives for feed, food, and dietary supplements. Biotin, vitamin A, beta-carotene, canthaxanthin/ cantharidin, astaxanthin, and vitamin E are among the products to be made at the expanded plant, located in Dongzhou Industrial Zone, Fuyang, Hangzhou.

HONGDA INVESTMENTS WILL INCREASE THE PRODUCTION OF AMINO ACIDS

Hongda Biotech has announced plans to increase the production of valine, leucine, isoleucine, and other feed and food additives at its site in Yishui County, Shandong. It is understood this will be done by compressing the production time of vitamin K2, freeing up the facilities to make other products.

BIO-BASED CARBOXYLIC ACID PRODUCTION OPENS IN FRANCE

AFYREN NEOXY, an industrial-scale plant for the production of biobased carboxylic acids from sugar beet co-products, opened in late September in France. It is expected to reach 16,000 tonnes in production capacity by 2024. Among its products are feed-grade natural butyric acid.

CJ’S BIO-METHIONINE PLANT EXPERIENCES FIRE

A fire at CJ Bio’s L-methionine plant in Kerteh, Malaysia, broke out on 21 July, and was reportedly extinguished on the same day. The company confirmed that the plant returned to normal operations from mid-September after repairs were completed.

RUSSIA’S ARNIKA RAMPING UP PRODUCTION OF FEED ADDITIVES

Russian feed additive supplier Arnika LLC has reportedly ramped up production in Vladivostok, taking advantage of the lack of imported products in the domestic market. Last year, Arnika launched a production cluster in the Nadezhdinskaya Advanced Development Zone to make lysine HCl, valine, and tryptophan, as well as certain vitamins. In 2022, Arnika plans to produce 10,000 tonnes, the company said. Moreover, at the end of 2022, Arnika also expects to launch a feed probiotics plant, as part of a division designed to produce approximately 4,000 tonnes/year of probiotics, protein concentrates, and antibiotics.