October 12, 2024 – A significant milestone was achieved in Hezhou City with the official launch of the Hezhou Calcium-Based New Material Masterbatch Smart Manufacturing Industrial Park (Phase I). This project, a key focus for Hezhou in 2024, spans an impressive 408 acres and boasts a total investment of 2.8 billion yuan. It is planned to unfold in three phases, ultimately aiming to produce an annual output of 2 million tons of masterbatch and finished products, generating an estimated annual revenue of 6 billion yuan and propelling local economic growth.
Leveraging its unique mineral resource advantages, the Hezhou Calcium-Based New Material Masterbatch Smart Manufacturing Industrial Park encompasses a diverse range of activities, from research and development of calcium-based new materials, production of additives, manufacturing of high-end powders, and functional masterbatch development, to standard delivery warehouses for bulk commodities and logistics services. The integration and synergy of these operations are poised to enhance the market application value of calcium carbonate products, fostering new growth opportunities within the industry.
According to insights from the Color Masterbatch Industry Network, Hezhou City has made remarkable progress in driving the transformation and upgrading of its calcium carbonate industry in recent years. To establish a high-quality reputation as “China’s Masterbatch Capital” and “Guangxi’s Demonstration Base for Biodegradable New Materials,” Hezhou has implemented a series of robust measures. These include actively guiding existing calcium carbonate enterprises to standardize production capacity, encouraging technological upgrades to enhance the intelligence and cleanliness of production processes, and vigorously supporting the application and inclusion of masterbatch, additive, and biodegradable new material projects in regional key projects, as well as the “Double Hundred Double New” and “Thousand Enterprise Technological Renovation” initiatives, to secure more policy support and funding. Furthermore, Hezhou has established a regular government-finance-enterprise cooperation mechanism, offering preferential support within the scope of the “Guihui Loan” policy for enterprises involved in relevant projects, and encouraging financial institutions to develop specialized financing products such as the “Masterbatch Loan” to meet the funding needs of these enterprises.