The largest bamboo fiber chain enterprise in the country established! 46,000 tons of pulp molded tableware to be produced next year

At this point, the 1.5 billion yuan bamboo fiber project has obtained its "permit to start production," and another paper pulp molding large factory is about to be put into operation. This is also a milestone moment for the bamboo fiber industry in Sichuan!

Sichuan Huanlong Ecological Technology Co., Ltd. is located in Meishan City, Sichuan Province. The total investment for the approved project is 1.5 billion yuan, which includes the construction of a production line for 250,000 tons/year (dry weight) of bleached bamboo pulp, a production line for 204,000 tons/year (dry weight) of fluff pulp (high-performance bamboo fiber water-absorbing substrate), and a production line for 46,000 tons of molded paper pulp specifically for tableware (dry weight, actual dryness 48%), as well as supporting public utilities, environmental protection, and other facilities.

This project relies on Sichuan's abundant bamboo resource advantages. Once completed, it can replace approximately 300,000 tons of wood pulp raw materials annually (calculated at a 1:1.3 bamboo to wood conversion rate). In the context of the ongoing deepening of the "plastic ban," the breakthrough in the production capacity of bamboo fiber molded tableware-specific pulp provides a key raw material guarantee for the environmentally friendly packaging industry.

"We have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Finnish National Technical Research Centre regarding the cooperative research on bamboo biomass refining technology and the full-value utilization of bamboo." The party secretary of Huanlong Company stated that in the next steps, both parties will rely on their respective advantages to carry out research on bamboo biomass refining technology, technology for the full-value utilization of bamboo, and the development of high value-added bamboo products, gradually forming a distinctive industrial system for bamboo biomass refining and full-value utilization of bamboo.

Huanlong Ecological is a subsidiary of Huanlong Group, established in 1987. Huanlong Group was originally a global leader in the production of paper blankets and owns two major companies: Sichuan Huanlong New Materials Co., Ltd. (the parent company of Huanlong Ecological) and Huanlong Holdings Limited. In 2011, Huanlong Group established Sichuan Huanlong New Materials Co., Ltd. to develop a full bamboo fiber industry chain. In 2022, Huanlong Holdings successfully went public in Hong Kong. In 2023, the Banbu Health Bamboo Industrial Park officially commenced operations.

It is worth noting that Huanlong has also jointly established Guangxi Zhuri Ecological Technology Co., Ltd. with Ningbo Jia, with both parties holding 41% of the shares. The first phase of the project has an annual production capacity of 200,000 tons of chemical bamboo pulp (used for making bamboo boards), 200,000 tons of chemical bamboo boards, and 100,000 tons of mechanical bamboo pulp. All chemical bamboo pulp will be used to produce chemical bamboo boards for high-end paper product enterprises within the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, while mechanical bamboo pulp will be directly supplied to downstream pulp molding enterprises within the park. The second phase of the project will have an annual production capacity of 200,000 tons of chemical bamboo pulp (used for producing household paper), 200,000 tons of high-grade household paper, and post-processing, with 200,000 tons of chemical bamboo pulp being converted into high-end paper products within the project.

It is expected that the Huanlong Ecological and Guangxi Zhuri Phase I projects will be completed and put into operation by 2026. After the projects are put into operation, Huanlong is expected to become the largest bamboo fiber chain leader in the country.