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Shanghai Sinopec Mitsui Chemical Company Limited (SSMC) (Shanghai, China), a joint venture established in 2006 by Mitsui Chemicals Inc. headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. headquartered in Beijing, China announced that it is building a plant for the production of acetone and phenol in Shanghai.
Now, why would these two companies spend millions of dollars to construct a chemical plant to produce Bisphenol A (BPA) when BPA is coming under increasing scrutiny in North America and Europe. The company already produces 120,000 metric tons (264,600,000 lbs) of the stuff a year. Something tells me to follow the money on this one! China just surpassed the US to become the world’s largest auto market. Will it become the world’s largest BPA market too!
