Borregaard is increasing prices for its vanillin products across
the board due to the drastic oil price increases and is looking at
ways to improve efficiency at its plants.
French chemical giant Rhodia have announced the continued expansion
of its China-based diphenol production with the third manufacturing
site set to open in June.
Rhodia explains to FoodNavigator why the firm's vanillin price
increases, unveiled today, are absolutely necessary for the
business to progress - and why so much attention is being focused
on China.
Nearly half of the world's vanillin supplies are sourced from China
but since tighter production rules arrived there a few years ago
there are now only two major Chinese producers left in the country,
reports Lindsey Partos....
Nearly half of the world's vanillin supplies are sourced from China
but since tighter production rules arrived there a few years ago
there are now only two major Chinese producers left in the country,
reports Lindsey Partos....
