France’s leading chemicals producer, Arkema, is to construct of a new organic peroxide plant on its existing site in the Yangtze port city of Changshu in Jiangsu province. Due to come on stream in 2016, the new facility will double the site’s production capacity.

Its output will support the growing plastics markets for China’s construction, packaging and automotive sectors.

Meanwhile, ScinoPharm has completed construction of its 16-acre site in Changshu.
The US$113m plant will produce new international and generic drugs for the domestic Chinese market.

The Taiwan-based maker of active pharmaceutical ingredients has already developed nine of the top 20 oncological products used in China.