Launch
BP plans second PTA plant in China
BP announced plans to build a second world-scale PTA (puri.ed terephthalic acid) plant at its BP Zhuhai Chemical Company Limited (BP Zhuhai) site in Guangdong Province. BP Zhuhai, an 85:15 joint venture between BP and China's Fu Hua, currently operates a 350,000 tonnes-a-year PTA plant at the site and will also build and operate the new plant, which will have an annual capacity of 900,000 tonnes. The new facility is expected to become fully operational at the end of 2007 to meet China's growing PTA demand. The plant will be the to use BP's latest genera-tion of PTA technology, which enables scale and cost ef.ciencies, reducing both capital cost and conversion costs. In addition, the new plant will also be environment-friendly, minimizing both greenhouse gas emissions and other waste streams.
Total, Sinochem to form gas station JV
French oil company Total signed an agree-ment with Sinochem to establish a joint venture to build gas stations and sell re.ned oil products in eastern China, Sinochem said in a statement on its website. Total will hold a 49 percent stake and Sinochem will take 51 percent in the US$100 million venture.
Deal
Veolia and CITIC take over water supplier
Veolia Environment, the world's largest water company, and state-backed conglom-erate CITIC Pacific will supply drinking water to the city of Changzhou, Jiangsu province, in a 30-year deal worth US$964 million, the Standard of Hong Kong re-ported. CITIC will pay more than US$47 million for a 49 percent stake in Changzhou Tap Water Group (CZTWG) and take over management of the operation together with Veolia, which will control 51 percent of the joint venture. CZTWG operates five water treatment plants with a daily capacity of 790,000 cubic meters and a 1,750-kilome-ter network in Changzhou.
Outokumpu wins copper plant order
Outokumpu Oyj announced that its technol-ogy unit has won a contract worth more than EUR50 million from China's Yanggu Xiang-guang Copper Company to build a greenfield copper production plant in Yanggu county, Shandong province. The copper production in Yanggu will be based on Outokumpu's technology, including Flash Smelting pro-cess, Kennecott-Outokumpu Flash Convert-ing process, anode casting shop, tankhouse, and sulphuric acid plant, said the Finnish minerals and metals processing technologies provider. In the phase, the new plant will have an annual capacity of 200,000 tonnes of copper cathodes, with plans to expand this up to 400,000 tonnes. "This deal further shows that Outokumpu Technology masters the whole process chain from smelting and off-gas treatment up to electro-re.ned high quality copper with seamless integra-tion of various technologies," said Tapani Järvinen, President & CEO of Outokumpu Technology.
Aker Kvaerner wins polyethylene project design contract
Norwegian engineering and construction services provider Aker Kvaerner announced that it has signed a contract with PetroChina International Company to supply engineering design equipment for a new full-density poly-ethylene (FDPE) plant at the Dushanzi com-plex in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Aker Kvaerner will provide basic engineering design as well as offshore equipment and materials from its offices in the Netherlands and China. The FDPE plant consists of two lines each with an annual capacity of 300,000 tonnes. It will make use of Univation's UNI-POL (TM) polyethylene technology, one of the core technologies in the Aker Kvaerner process portfolio. The project is to be executed on a fast-track basis, and production is expected to begin in September 2008.
Opening
Ericsson opens representative office in southwest China
Swedish telecom giant Ericsson opened a representative office in Guiyang, in the southwestern province of Guizhou, China Daily reported. The company is hoping to tap the western China region, where mobile phone penetration remains low and has great growth potential, the newspaper said, citing Mats H Olsson, president of Ericsson Greater China. Graeme McCusker, general manager of Ericsson's Western China op-erations, told the newspaper that the firm would continue to expand in the region by aggressively increasing investment, outsourcing and research and development activities. Ericsson announced in mid-Sep-tember that it would invest US$1 billion in China over the next five years.
Others
BASF to expand China JV
BASF, the world's largest chemical com-pany, is to expand ethylene capacity by 25 percent at its mainland joint venture with Sinopec in order to meet growing demand, Bloomberg reported. The company wants to double the percentage of global sales from the country to 10 percent by 2010, with much of its US$1.2 billion investment earmarked for Asia over the next four years expected to enter China. The US$2.9 billion BASF-Sinopec chemical plant and other processing units in Nanjing started operating in June and have the capacity to produce 1.7 million tons of high quality chemicals.
Bosch JV to up investment in Shanghai research center
German auto components maker Robert Bosch said its joint ven-ture in China, United Automotive Electronic System, would invest RMB1 billion over the next three years to expand its technology center in Shanghai, Shanghai Daily reported. The investment will be used to create a 500-member research and development team and introduce advanced technology such as direct gasoline injectors by 2008, the report said, citing company sources. United Automo-tive Electronic System is a 50:50 joint venture between Bosch and Zhonglian Automotive Electronics established in 1995 with a total investment of RMB2.66 billion.
BNP Paribas eyes stake in Nanjing City Commercial Bank
France-based banking and financial group BNP Paribas plans to acquire a 20 percent stake in Nanjing City Commercial Bank for up to US$100 million, Oriental Morning Post reported. The newspaper, citing a source close to the situation, said that the two banks have "Basically agreed the deal",and BNP Paribas will have a seat on the Chinese lender's board of directors. BNP Paribas will buy 10 percent of the stake from International Finance Corp (IFC), the private sector .nancing arm of the World Bank, the newspaper said. IFC currently owns a 15 percent stake in Nanjing City Com-mercial Bank.
Standard Chartered invests in China stationery maker
Standard Chartered announced that its private equity arm, Standard Chartered Private Equity Ltd (SCPEL), has signed an agreement with Ningbo-based Beifa Group to invest US$16.6 million in the largest Chinese stationery maker. Standard Char-tered said in a statement that the investment would be used to raise Beifa's production capacity to meet the growing market demand and to expand business into stationery distribution by partnering with leading global office supply distributors. "SC-PEL is committed to facilitate the growth of Chinese enterprise. We are not only committed to contributing development capi-tal, but also actively involved in enhancing Beifa's corporate governance and internal control system," said Karam Butalia, global head of SCPEL.
New Members
Beijing
(BCIS) Beijing City International School
Line of Business: Education
Contact: Daren Woo, Admissions & Marketing Manager
Address: 77 Baiziwan Nan Er Lu, 100022 Beijing
Tel: 010 8771 7171
Fax: 010 8771 7778
Email: daren.woo@bcis.cn
China Access
Line of Business: Consulting Services; Marketing
Contact: Ulla Payreen Luders, Partner
Address: Vesterbrogade 62d, 1 DK-1620 Copenhagen V Denmark
Tel: 135 0107 0902/ +45 2538 9824
Email: payreen@chinaccess.com
Danish Carbide Tools A/S Beijing
Representative office
Line of Business: Manufacture
Contact: Min Zheng, office Manager
Address: 709 Zhong. ou Binguan,
55 Nongzhan Bei Lu, 100026 Beijing
Tel: 010 659 17519
Fax: 010 6508 8397
Email: mz_dct@yahoo.com
Excem Group
Line of Business: Consulting Services
Contact: Nicolas Frischmann, General
Manager China
Address: 802 Tower 1, Bright China Chang.an Building, 7 Jianguomennei, 100005 Beijing
Tel: 010 6510 1671
Fax: 010 6510 1673
Email: .ndnicolas@yahoo.com
ING Capital Life Insurance Company Limited Beijing Branch
Line of Business: Insurance and Fund
Management
Contact: Alex Wong, General Manager
Address: 10/F Capital Group Plaza,
6 Chaoyangmen Bei Dajie, 100027 Beijing
Tel: 010 8528 3388
Fax: 010 8528 3387
Email: alex.wong@ing-cap.com.cn
Institut Rosell/Lallemand China
Line of Business: Pharmaceuticals
Contact: Ulrich Irgens, Business Director Asia
Address: 3205 Silver Tower, 2 Dongsanhuan Bei Lu, 100027 Beijing
Tel: 010 6410 9325
Fax: 010 6410 9340
Email: uirgens@lallemand.com
Outokumpu Beijing Representative office
Line of Business: Technical Services
Contact: Hans-Georg Thielepape, Director Sales Market East Asia
Address: 24-01 Citic Building,
19 Jianguomenwai Dajie, 100004 Beijing
Tel: 010 6506 5951/2/3; 010 8526 1838/39
Fax: 010 6500 6512/8526 1135
Email: Hans-Georg.Thielepape@outokumpu.com
Peninsula Partners Ltd
Line of Business: Distribution
Contact: Felix Abt, Managing Director
Address: ABB Villa, Sojae-chol, 24,
Pyongyang, DPR Korea (North)
Tel: +85 02 381 5252
Fax: +85 02 381 5248
Email: felixabt@yahoo.co.uk
Sinotrust Business Information & Consulting Ltd
Line of Business: Consulting Services
Contact: Vicky Han, General Manager,
International Department
Address: 7/F C&W Mansion, 14 Jiuxianqiao Lu, 100016 Beijing
Tel: 010 5867 1888
Fax: 010 5867 1866
Email: credit5@sinotrust.cn
Strix (Guangzhou) Ltd
Line of Business: Manufacture
Contact: Patrick Tam, China Director
Address: 383 Xiayuan Lu, 510735 Guangzhou
Tel: 020 8222 2903 ext.556
Fax: 020 8206 6510
Email: patrick.tam@strix.com
Terex Corporation Beijing
Representative office
Line of Business: Manufacture
Contact: Zia Mian, Chief Representative
Address: 2512 Silver Tower, 2 Dongsanhuan Bei Lu, 100027 Beijing
Tel: 010 6410 7046
Fax: 010 6410 7052
Email: ziahmian@terex.com.cn
Patrick Davies Contemporary Art
Line of Business: Accounting
Contact: Patrick Davies
Address: Barley House, The Old Brewery, Vio-lets Lane, Furneux Pelham, Herts SG9 0TS, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1279 777070
Email: patrick@patrickdaviesca.com
Chengdu
Groupama SA Chengdu Branch
Line of Business: Insurance and Fund
Management
Contact: Weidong Yu, General Manager
Address: 12/F Western China Business Tower, 19 Section 4, Renmin Nan Lu, 610041 Chengdu
Tel: 028 8526 8806
Fax: 028 8526 8611
Email: yu.weidong@groupama.com
Nanjing
DyStar Nanjing Colours Co., Ltd
Line of Business: Textile
Contact: Gerald Talhoff, Executive Director & General Manager
Address: 9 Bailong Lu, Nanjing Chemical Industry Park, 210047 Nanjing
Tel: 025 5839 9175
Fax: 025 5839 1414
Email: Talhoff.Gerald@dystar.com
Mercuri Urval
Line of Business: Human Resources
Contact: Richard Lombart, Director
Address: 4 rue Leon Jost 75847 Paris Cedex 17 France
Tel: +33 1 5679 5200
Fax: +33 1 5679 5205
Email: richard.Lombart@mercuriurval.com
Wealth Management Solutions INC
Line of Business: Banking
Contact: Myles Chilton, Partner
Address: 15/F, One Corporate Avenue, 222 Hubin Lu, 200021 Shanghai
Tel: 021 6122 1305
Fax: 021 6122 2418
Email: myles.chilton@aegispb.com
Shanghai
Anji-TNT Automotive Logistics Co., Ltd
Line of Business: Distribution
Contact: Jin Qi, CEO
Address: 595 Caoyang Lu, 200063 Shanghai
Tel: 021 6260 9090
Fax: 021 6222 2824
Email: jinqi@anji-tnt.com;marene.yu@anji-tnt.com
Arcelor International Shanghai
Line of Business: Import/Export
Contact: Dirk Matthys, Executive Vice
President & General Delegate China
Address: 13/F Times Square, 500 Zhangyang Lu, 200122 Shanghai
Tel: 021 5836 8200
Fax: 021 5836 8107
Email: dirk.matthys@arcelor.com
Borg Warner Automotive Components (Ningbo) Co., Ltd
Line of Business: Manufacture
Contact: Freeman Shen, President
Address: 4206 Maxdo Center, 8 Xingyi Lu, 200336 Shanghai
Tel: 021 5208 0277
Fax: 021 5208 1952
Email: Fshen@borgwarner.cn
Ferdinand Pieroth GmbH Shanghai
Representative office
Line of Business: Trade
Contact: Enrico Kleinser, Managing
Director
Address: 3304 Building 1, Huicui
Garden, Lane 737, Caoxi Bei Lu, 200030 Shanghai
Tel: 021 6438 4778
Fax: 021 6427 2522
Email: E.Kleinser@Pieroth-china.com
HAVAS 07
Line of Business: Consulting Services
Contact: Elisabeth Lazareff, Director, Asia C/O Euro RSCG office
Address: 11/F Novel Building, 887 Huaihai Zhong Lu, 200020 Shanghai
Tel: 021 6467 5868
Fax: 021 6467 5482
Email: elisabeth.Lazareff@havas.com
Huaxia International Credit Consulting Co., Ltd.
Line of Business: Consulting Services
Contact: Jerry Liu, CEO
Address: 1602 Xinda Plaza, 322 Xianxia Lu, 200336 Shanghai
Tel: 021 6278 9762
Fax: 021 6225 0910
Email: Jerry_Liu@huaxiacredit.com
Italy BF China Fairs S.R.L Shanghai
Representative office
Line of Business: Trade
Contact: Mario Agostini, Manager
Address: Building 9, 181 Taicang Lu, 200021 Shanghai
Tel:021 3307 0050
Fax: 021 3307 5997
Email: info@bfchina.net
JITEX Shanghai office
Line of Business: Consulting Services
Contact: Philippe Griveau, Manager
Address: 803 Jinzhong Building, 680
Zhaojiabang Lu, 200031 Shanghai
Tel: 021 6415 4166
Fax: 021 6473 7065
Email: griveau@jitex.com
Pacific - Antai Life Insurance Co., Ltd.
Line of Business: Finance
Contact: Tom Alexander Were, General Manager
Address: 35/F New Shanghai International Tower, 360 Pudong Nan Lu, 200120 Shanghai
Tel: 021 6886 3183
Fax: 021 6886 2669
Email: alexander.were@cpic-ing.com.cn
Road China Assistance (Beijing) Company Limited
Line of Business: Services
Contact: Fernando Comenge Fuentes,
General Manager
Address: 1509, 1701 Beijing Xi Lu, Jian'an Zhonghua Building, 200040 Shanghai
Tel: 021 6288 4099
Fax: 021 6288 4077
Email: fcomenge@roadchina.com.cn
Ruder Finn Public Relations Consulting (Beijing) Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch
Line of Business: Public Relations
Contact: Shari Oliynyk, Tourism Expert
Address: 2/F Block 7, 789 Huangpi Nan Lu, 200025 Shanghai
Tel: 021 5383 1188
Fax: 021 6248 3176
Email: oliynyks@ruder.nnasia.com
TESCO
Line of Business: Retail
Contact: Finola Lewis, Business
Development Director
Address: Shanghai Kancheng Storago Co, 1855 Zhongshan Bei Lu, Shanghai
Tel: 021 5294 2239
Fax: 021 5204 0631
Email: .nolalewis@netvigator.com
Unisono Fieldmarketing (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Line of Business: Services
Contact: Olaf Litjens, CEO
Address: 2/F 1283 Shangcheng Road Pudong 200120 Shanghai PR China
Tel:021 6876 7575
Fax: 021 6876 2525
Email: ol@unisono.com
Workmaster Products MFY
Line of Business: Manufacture
Contact: Andreas Hanssen, Partner
Address: 1002 Building 5, Lane 1673, Zhangyan Lu, Shanghai
Tel: 139 1887 7415
Fax: 021 5860 3609
Email: andreas@work-master.com
XSYS Print Pigments (China) Co., Ltd.
Line of Business: Chemicals
Contact: Peter Conway, General Manager
Address: 301 Jiangxinsha Lu, 200137 Shanghai
Tel: 021 5861 1828 ext.2425
Fax: 021 5861 0281
Email: peter.conway@xsys-pigmentsresins.com
