CP Kelco Opens New Facility

TAIXING, Jiang Su Province, ChinaCP Kelco opened its newest hydrocolloid facility in Taixing, China that complies with China Food GMP standards and has the flexibility to produce carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) for the food, paper, oilfield and industrial markets.

The facility, which can produce 15,000MT/year with the ability to expand, features the new MAJOL® CMC brand, which is a highly purified cold-water-soluble polymer. MAJOL CMC will comply with Chinas Food Safety Law that went into effect June 1, 2009, and the manufacturing process will comply with the China Food cGMP standards. MAJOL CMC is applicable for use in food applications including ice cream, dairy products, bakery, salad dressing, beverage, meat and pet food. MAJOL strictly complies with food-safety requirements.

We are very excited about our newest CMC facility as this will allow us to further expand our purified CMC offering into the Asian markets, said Robert Dunn, CMC category director. European engineering design, world-class quality assurance processes and local technical support laboratories and facilities have been incorporated into making this the largest CMC facility in China.