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Sateri Holdings Limited () is a manufacturer of dissolving pulp and viscose staple fiber. It is one of the largest companies〔http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704302304575213822186088634.html〕 in the specialty cellulose industry, supplying more than 10% of the world’s dissolving pulp. Sateri produces both rayon grades and specialty grades of dissolving wood pulp and regular viscose staple fibers. The products, which cater to a wide range of applications such as textile yarn, non-woven products, baby wipes, pharmaceuticals, tire cord and sponges, have benefited from China’s increasing urbanization and consumption as demand for consumer goods broadened and grew. Sateri operates through two main subsidiary companies: Bahia Specialty Cellulose, a dissolving wood pulp producer in Brazil, and Sateri (Jiangxi) Chemical Fiber, a viscose staple fiber mill in China. The company’s corporate offices are in Hong Kong and Shanghai. Through Bahia Specialty Cellulose, Sateri operates its own renewable eucalyptus plantations in Brazil from which it obtains the raw material for manufacturing. Its dissolving wood pulp mill is located at Camacari, in Bahia State, Brazil, near to the plantations. The mill was expanded in 2008 and has a design production capacity of 465,000 tonnes per year, and further debottlenecking was completed in 2011, raising its design production capacity to 485,000 tons per year. The viscose staple fiber mill is located in Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province, China, and is among the largest in the world. Sateri’s integrated business model which includes secured wood supply, state-of-the-art production line at its Bahia Specialty Cellulose mill in Brazil, and a modern viscose staple fiber facility in China, means that the Company is able to enhance its cost competitiveness, have product diversity and flexibility to plan its production according to prevailing market conditions. ==History== Sateri commenced operations in 2002 when it began constructing a viscose staple fiber mill in Jiangxi Province, China. The mill went into commercial production in 2004. In 2003 the company acquired its Brazilian manufacturing and sustainable plantation operations. At that time, the Bahia Specialty Cellulose mill was capable of only producing 115,000 tons of dissolving pulp. In 2006 work began to expand the mill through construction of a second production line. Construction of the second line was completed in 2008, and debottlenecking completed in 2011, raising design annual capacity to 485,000 tons. According to 2011 statistics, Sateri was the largest supplier of dissolving wood pulp by import volume to China. Rayon grade of dissolving wood pulp is a principal raw material used in the production of viscose staple fiber. China is the world’s largest dissolving wood pulp market by demand, according to PCI Fiber. Sateri was listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange on December 8, 2010. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sateri」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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