Green and carbon reduction. Wuhan Far Eastern New Material Oriental Union Chemical Corporation plans a sustainable blueprint

        The global market competition has never stopped. In order to pursue excellent quality and exceed the expectations of customers, Oriental Union Chemical Corporation continues to strive for perfection. Through innovative thinking, it starts a green transformation, develops new technologies, new processes and special chemicals, and leaps to a diversified operating company, becoming a sustainable model of the industry.

        Develop green process and implement recycled economy

        As the most distinctive top company in material chemistry, Oriental Union Chemical Corporation has long been aware of the impact of high carbon emissions in the petrochemical industry on the environment. Decades ago, it developed a carbon capture and reuse process to recover CO2 in the production process. It is not only refined into ultra-high purity CO2, which is sold to industry, food and electronics, but also further processed into ethylene carbonate to supply polycarbonate, composite materials Manufacturer of lithium battery electrolyte. Since 2021, Oriental Union Chemical Corporation has invested more in the development of green technologies and products such as low carbon processes for CO2 chemicals, plastic recycling and biodegradable materials, hoping to effectively solve the global CO2 emission issue, and also produce excellent carbon capture solvents such as ethanolamine and vinyl amine to assist customers in carbon capture and contribute to global carbon reduction initiatives.

                In addition to CO2 recycling, Oriental Union Chemical Corporation also listed environmental sustainability development as an enterprise risk management category, and believed that "energy-saving" and "intelligent" operations are important keys for enterprises to integrate into low-carbon economy and move towards sustainable operation. To this end, Oriental Union Chemical Corporation established an energy conservation and carbon reduction committee, held regular meetings, continuously improved the process, and tracked the progress and effect of energy conservation and carbon reduction in a scientific way. In terms of heat treatment and pollution control, the fuel of the heat medium heater and the regenerative incinerator (RTO) system will be completely changed to natural gas. It is estimated that 8169 kilowatt hours of electricity and 600 cubic meters of diesel will be saved every year. At the same time, efficient smoke and heat recovery equipment will be added to reduce environmental pollution. In terms of water resource management, considering the impact of water quality on the environment, Oriental Union Chemical Corporation is the first enterprise in Taiwan to introduce the patented technology of "efficient biological reactor (ABR)" to treat RO concentrated water, so as to increase the amount of wastewater treatment, reduce the chemical oxygen content (COD) and other substances harmful to the environment. Today, except for the regeneration wastewater of demineralized water, other wastewater has been included in the wastewater recovery system of Oriental Union Chemical Corporation. In the future, a waste management platform will also be built to improve the speed of clearing and transportation in the plant and increase reuse, so as to effectively control and manage the types and quantities of waste to be cleared and transported in the plant. In terms of energy management, Oriental Union Chemical Corporation introduced the ISO 50,001 energy management system, improved the circulation through PDCA, grasped the energy use situation, formulated appropriate management objectives, and improved the use efficiency. In addition, to address the symptoms, we need to address the root causes. Oriental Union Chemical Corporation will successively build solar photovoltaic systems and steam power symbiotic equipment, and strive for clean energy such as offshore wind power to reduce energy carbon emission coefficient. We hope to achieve the vision of reducing carbon emissions by 20% in 2030 and achieving net zero carbon emissions in 2050.

        Develop exclusive technology and improve product layout

        For more than 40 years, Oriental Union Chemical Corporation has been deeply engaged in ethylene oxide (EO), ethylene glycol (EG) and other related products, and has continued to deploy special chemicals in solvent, daily use, building materials and other application fields. With a value oriented business model, it has integrated a dedicated team of sales, production, research and development, and launched high-quality differentiated products to serve customers. At the same time, it will also expand the sales of food grade and electronic grade gases, deepen the product value, and provide one-stop solution integration services for battery materials, electronic chemicals, high-purity gases and other special chemicals and material fields.

                In view of Taiwan's lack of capacity and technology to produce propylene oxide, which needs to rely on imports, Oriental Union Chemical Corporation has developed relevant catalyst technology by giving play to its R&D strength. This catalyst has outstanding catalytic activity. Compared with the technology of key suppliers in Japan, the production method and regeneration procedure are simpler, the required equipment is simpler, and the production cost can be significantly reduced, At present, it has passed the patent examination in Taiwan and the United States. In addition, Oriental Union Chemical Corporation is also the only enterprise in Taiwan that has "reductive amination technology" and mass production capacity, and will further expand to the application of propylene oxide series and the field of key materials of amine derivatives, so as to develop business opportunities for the application of its own technology of amine series and meet market demand.

        In 2022, four new workshops of Oriental Union Chemical Corporation will be put into production. Among them, polyether amine (PEA) and ethylene diamine (EDA) workshops will apply the "reductive amination technology" independently developed by Oriental Union Chemical Corporation. From catalyst development, process design to plant construction, they will be designed and planned by Oriental Union Chemical Corporation, which has entered the production stage; The ultra-high purity CO2 workshop, after completion, will meet the increasingly stringent quality requirements of electronic and semiconductor customers; As for the second workshop of ethylene oxide derivatives (EOD II), it provides formulas and customized products, cooperates with newly developed low-carbon and high-value differentiated products, expands application fields, provides all-round integration services, and is close to market demand.

        Attach importance to the voice of employees and create a friendly workplace

        Oriental Union Chemical Corporation has a high-quality R&D technical team. In addition to expanding the application of its own industry, it also develops in line with market changes and the future development trend of chemical materials. Based on the business strategy of product diversification, actively expand new products in various fields. In the R&D organization, in addition to the existing team, we also have a wide range of talents to accelerate the development of new products with high added value with the strongest configuration, strengthen the competitive advantage and create new value.

                Oriental Union Chemical Corporation continues to improve its business strength, which depends on the joint efforts of all colleagues to encourage employees to give play to their expertise. Through education and training activities and project implementation, it can enrich employees' knowledge ability and pass on experience. In addition, Oriental Union Chemical Corporation also listens attentively to the voice of employees. Through multiple communication mechanisms such as internal meetings, labor management meetings, employee symposiums, etc., employees can express their ideas instantly, seek solutions together, and create a harmonious and friendly workplace environment. Oriental Union Chemical Corporation employs dedicated personnel for health risk assessment in the plant area to provide colleagues and their dependents with complete health resources, including comprehensive assessment mechanisms and health management programs such as health examination, health consultation, health education and guidance, multiple health lectures, employee assistance programs, human hazard prevention programs, etc., to take care of employees' physical and mental health in an all-round way.

        The Oriental Union Chemical Corporation has long implemented the concept of "no safest, only safer", committed to deepening the safety management system, made good use of the concept of risk assessment, established a complete "prevention", "chemical transportation", "process (plant) safety" and "emergency response" plan, and indeed carried out propaganda and emergency simulation drills. In order to ensure the standard control and compliance of various works in the plant area, Oriental Union Chemical Corporation has also obtained the ISO 14001 environmental management system and passed the ISO 45001:2018 verification, and regularly checked the safety, health and environmental protection related actions.

        Looking forward to the future, Oriental Union Chemical Corporation will continue to develop recycled economy, energy transformation and low-carbon production, take special chemicals as the main axis, conduct diversified business, improve competitiveness, pay attention to employee health, check production safety, create a friendly workplace, and create a sustainable blueprint for enterprise operation.