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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Radici Chimica
(Bergamo, Italy) has declared force majeure on the production of adipic acid at
its 80,000-metric tons/year plant in Zeitz, Germany, due to extreme cold weather
conditions in central Germany, according to Chemweek.
With road and rail transport
of hazardous materials suspended due to the extraordinary conditions, adipic
acid production “has been seriously affected, and this has forced us to declare
force majeure,” said Radici CEO Maurizio Radici in a letter to customers issued
on 10 February. The company is currently assessing the amounts of adipic acid it
will be able to supply to customers, he said.
Radici started production
of adipic acid and nitric acid at its nylon intermediates complex at Zeitz in
2001.
As MRC informed earlier,
RadiciGroup is investing EUR15m to purchase a production line for meltblown
nonwoven, a material used in protective face masks. The move follows a shortage
of the material in Italy. The synthetic fibre producer will manufacture
meltblown nonwoven polymer filaments, the key component in personal protective
equipment (PPE), saying that current supply in Europe is insufficient to keep up
with the heightened demand brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
We remind
that Russia's output of chemical products rose in November 2020 by 9.5% year
on year. At the same time, production of basic chemicals increased in the first
eleven months of 2020 by 6.6% year on year, according to Rosstat's data.
According to the Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation,
polymers in primary form accounted for the greatest increase in the
January-November 2020 output. November production of polymers in primary form
rose to 896,000 tonnes from 852,000 tonnes in October. Overall output of
polymers in primary form totalled 9,240,000 tonnes over the stated period, up by
17.1% year on year. |
