Next Stage of AGC Vinythai Collaboration with Michigan State University and allnex in Bio-based Epoxy Coating Development
100% bio-based coatings are now one step closer as AGC Vinythai’s research project with Prof. Mojgan Nejad at Michigan State University (MSU) moves into its next phase. For this second phase, the partners are joined by allnex, a global leader in industrial coatings, resins and additives. To increase the bio-based content of coatings and epoxy […]
AGC Vinythai Receives ISCC PLUS Certification For EPINITY®
EPINITY® from AGC Vinythai Public Company Limited has been certified under the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS certification system. The ISCC PLUS certification is site-specific. EPINITY®’s production site at Map Ta Phut, Thailand has been certified as producing “Bio-Circular Epichlorohydrin” from “Bio-Circular glycerine” which is classified as wastes/residues of biological origin following ISCC’s […]
Advanced Biochemical (Thailand) Business Transfers to Parent Company AGC Vinythai
One year after launching the new EPINITY® brand, Advanced Biochemical (Thailand) or ABT is stepping forward to be more efficient in providing services and cooperation with its customers and business partners. The ABT business is completely transferring to its parent company, AGC Vinythai Public Company Limited, on 3rd July, 2023.
Advanced Biochemical Thailand (ABT) Launches New EPINITY™ Brand
Advanced Biochemical Thailand (ABT) has today launched its new product brand, EPINITY™ with a new website. EPINITY™ is the new brand name for ABT’s Epichlorohydrin (ECH), a bio-based, drop-in, and competitive ECH for use in a wide
range of downstream industries.
Advanced Biochemical Thailand (ABT) Celebrates Ten Years of Production
On 14 February 2012, one of the world’s largest Epichlorohydrin (ECH) production plants was opened in the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate, Thailand by Advanced Biochemical Thailand (ABT). The plant was started with a production capacity of 100,000 tonnes per year and expanded to 120,000 tonnes per year in 2020. Uniquely, ABT’s Epichlorohydrin has 100% bio- based carbon content from its renewable raw material, vegetable glycerine.
ABT Plant Producing Bio-Based ECH Increases Capacity to 120,000 Tonnes per Year
Bangkok, Thailand, 2 March 2020 – Bio-based chemical company Advanced Biochemical (Thailand) Co., Ltd. has announced a capacity increase at its plant in Map Ta Phut, Thailand, which will now produce 120,000 mt/year of bio-based epichlorohydrin (ECH) – an increase of 20,000 mt/year. Permission for this increase was granted by the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand.
