From a piece of paper's journey of digital intelligence, we can see the emergence of Asia-Pacific Semi-Expo into green.
"The group trees 1.5 million trees around the world every day; 100% of the wood pulp produced by APIC uses artificially planted fast-growing and high-yield forests; APIC's high-end copy paper ranks first in China's market share every year..."
On September 26, Shandong Power forged a new journey-the 6th "Return to Hometown and See Development" Internet Celebrity Tour to Shandong event visited Asia-Pacific Sembo (Shandong) Pulp and Paper Co., Ltd. Everyone walked into the company exhibition hall, production lines and other places to gain an in-depth understanding of Asia-Pacific Sembo's environmental protection investment, environmental protection work and circular economy development model.
Be a sower of green civilization
Asia Pacific Sembo (Shandong) Pulp and Paper Co., Ltd. is a member of the Golden Eagle Group of Singapore and was established in Rizhao City, Shandong Province in 2005. In the 19 years since it has been symbiotic with Rizhao City, Asia-Pacific Sembo has invested nearly 30 billion yuan. From a small-scale wood pulp and cardboard production factory at the beginning, it has grown into a world-leading and China's largest wood pulp production base and pulp and paper fiber integrated production enterprise, driving the joint development of more than 1000 enterprises in the province and more than 500 enterprises in Rizhao City. It is the largest foreign-invested enterprise in Shandong Province, the largest overseas Chinese-funded enterprise, the top 100 foreign trade enterprises and China's outstanding foreign-invested enterprise. Become an important force in promoting local economic development.
At Asia-Pacific Sembo, environmental protection has always been the "lifeline" of enterprise development and the social responsibility of enterprises. The company's main cleaner production indicators have reached the industry-class level. The company makes full use of biomass waste generated during pulp and paper production to provide energy, which can reduce carbon emissions by more than 3 million tons every year.
For 17 consecutive years, the "Asia-Pacific Sembo Cup" Rizhao City Children's Environmental Protection Painting Competition has been carried out, and the "I am a Little Papermaker" environmental protection practice class has been sent to the classrooms of more than 30 schools for 12 consecutive years. The two activities have directly benefited more than 500,000 children and children, becoming the environmental protection public welfare activity initiated by enterprises in the city with the longest duration, the widest scope of influence, and the largest number of participants, profoundly affecting the concept of ecological civilization and environmental protection of young people. Awareness.
As early as 2010, the company established an industrial tourism and environmental science popularization education base, which is open to the public free of charge. So far, it has received more than 100,000 people from all walks of life to visit and study.Xi。These activities have been widely recognized by all walks of life and have become part of the "Green Call Journey", a key environmental protection education project in Rizhao City. They have been rated as the "Best Public Participation Case" by the Department of Ecology and Environment of Shandong Province.
Be a pioneer and practitioner of green civilization
Propaganda and education requires others to do it, and practice it yourself. That is the real "environmental defender". In this regard, APSCO is worthy of it. They actively adopt new technologies, are willing to invest, and dare to put environmental protection first.
Asia-Pacific Sembo is the first enterprise in the industry to build urban reclaimed water reuse and the first integrated flue gas waste heat reuse for community heating, with two investments reaching 470 million yuan. The urban reclaimed water reuse project introduces and treats 40,000 tons of external drainage from the domestic sewage treatment plant in Rizhao Urban area every day. The treated water is used as water replenishment for boilers and cooling towers, which can save nearly 10 million cubic meters of water every year and reduce chemical oxygen demand by 370 tons and ammonia nitrogen by 40 tons. The integrated project of in-depth flue gas treatment and waste heat warming can collect 300MW of waste heat from flue gas such as alkali furnaces, lime kilns, power boilers, bleaching tail gas, and incinerators every year to provide winter heating of 6 million square meters of houses. It can save 147,000 tons of standard coal every year, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 383,000 tons, achieving a win-win effect of environmental protection, social and economic benefits.
Asia-Pacific Sembo also attaches great importance to tapping the potential of resources,"eating and squeezing" the value of raw materials resources as much as possible, making the best use of them, and reducing leftovers and waste. The company burns biomass waste such as black liquor and wood chips in the production process to supply steam and generate electricity, solving 83.4% of the company's energy needs.
In the 19 years since its establishment in Rizhao City, Asia-Pacific Sembo's investment in environmental protection has reached 7 billion yuan. Whether it is the total investment in environmental protection or the proportion of the total investment, it ranks among pulp and paper mills of the same scale in the world, and leads the industry in environmental management and effectiveness.
Extend the industrial chain to stimulate new momentum
On August 20, 2023, Asia-Pacific Sembo's cultural paper production line with an annual output of 500,000 tons was officially put into operation. It took only more than a year from breaking ground in May 2022 to entering the "production mode", two months ahead of the original planned construction period. The construction of key provincial projects was completed with high quality and quantity, and the beginning of cultural paper production was opened."A new era".
The leading products of this production line include "Baiwang" high-end copy paper,"Yawen" double adhesive tape, eye protection paper, etc. It has been put into operation for more than a year, and its products are known for their high quality and quickly become the main force in the northern market.
Asia-Pacific Sembo's sincere commitment and efficient management have won universal recognition and praise from the society, as well as the support of the people of Shandong, especially Rizhao City, where it is located. The enterprise and the residence have formed a harmonious development relationship of symbiosis and common growth.
The high-quality development of Asia-Pacific Sembo is inseparable from the "two-way rush" of enterprises and cities. In July 2023, the signing ceremony of the investment cooperation agreement for the Asia-Pacific Sembo Pulp and Paper Extension Project was officially held. This is an important symbol of Asia-Pacific Sembo's extension, replenishment and strengthening of the chain from "pulp" to "paper". It will further improve the added value and comprehensive competitiveness of its products, and push Asia-Pacific Sembo to a higher-end, greener, and high-quality development on a new track. With quality as the foundation and brand as the direction of strength, we will continue to strengthen our fitness bones and extend the industrial chain, let this paper achieve a larger industry, and let the brand gather greater strength for advancement. Asia-Pacific Sembo stride forward in green and sustainable development. On the road.
