November 3/Taixing, China/Business Wire -- CP Kelco announced the completion of its newest hydrocolloid facility in Taixing, China. The facility complies with China Food GMP standards and has the flexibility to produce carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) for the food, paper, oilfield and industrial markets. This new facility has been designed to produce 15,000MT/year with the ability to expand to accommodate future demand.
"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."