History
Since its founding in 1989, Vinythai Public Company Limited has established itself as a leading producer of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), vinyl chloride monomer (VCM), chlorine, and other co-products such as caustic soda. Vinythai’s production facilities are located in Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate on the Eastern Seaboard in Rayong Province.
Vinythai's major shareholders are PTT Chemical Public Company Limited, Charoen Pokphand Group, Thailand and Solvay S.A. Belgium.
Nature of Business
Vinythai markets and sells products manufactured at its Map Ta Phut site to both local and overseas customers. In 1992, the company’s site included two PVC plants (emulsion and suspension resins), and grew, in 1996, to include a monomer (VCM) plant, an ethylene dichloride (EDC) plant and a chlor-alkali plant (MCA).
These 3 units were set up to integrate the production of PVC, enabling the company to purchase locally produced raw materials and utilities, such as ethylene from PTT Chemical Public Company Limited (PTTCH), salt from Pimai Salt Company Limited (PSC), and electricity from Glow Energy Public Company Limited. To further secure the availability of raw materials, Vinythai has become a minority shareholder of PSC.
The chlor-alkali plant provides the chlorine that is used in the PVC resins. In its salt electrolysis operation, the plant also produces significant quantities of caustic soda (0.67 t/t PVC) as well as hydrogen and sodium hypochlorite. These products are also sold domstically.
In addition, the company's facilities are also equipped to import EDC and VCM as the need arises.
Vinythai’s Vision
Vinythai is an ethically responsible company focused on maintaining sustainable profitability and growing businesses:
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Vinythai supplies its customers with high quality products, at competitive prices and technical and commercial support.
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Vinythai provides employees with the opportunity to develop their full potential,
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Vinythai is committed to sound health, safety and the environmental practices.
Vinythai’s Mission
To provide customers in Thailand and Asia with high-quality polyvinyl chloride resins and caustic soda, backed by world-class technology, ensuring satisfactory returns for the shareholders.
Vinythai’s Values
Vinythai firmly believes in:
• Excellence: Maximizing the value of all company activities, while respecting ethical practices, based on fairness and integrity.
• Creativity: Providing an environment that enables the emergence of virtually any idea, to bring added value to core competencies and to give the company a competitive edge.
• Empowerment: Fostering a culture that encourages delegation, taking responsibility, speed of response, accountability and flexibility in order to respond effectively and efficiently to a challenging and competitive environment.
• Teamwork: Developing an efficient organization by building teamwork with open communication throughout the company, sharing knowledge, technologies, and best practices.
Competitive advantages
Currently positioned at the forefront of Thailand’s petrochemical industry, Vinythai, as a leading integrated PVC producer, is proud to offer customers:
- Proven, up-to-date standards
- World-class product quality
- Outstanding services
- Commitment to Total Quality Management (TQM).
Leading integrated PVC producer
PVC, or polyvinylchloride, is one of the most dynamic and versatile production materials to have been developed in the 20th century. With significant projected annual growth rates in Thailand and the region, PVC is expected to see still greater opportunities for development.
As a leading integrated PVC producer, the company enjoys a significant advantage in having a secure supply of locally produced ethylene from PTT Chemical Public Company Limited, and salt from Pimai Salt Co., Ltd.
Proven up-to-date standards
Vinythai enjoys technical support from the Solvay global group of companies, headquartered in Belgium, which is now ranked as one of the world’s top four PVC producers.
Vinythai runs its plant at full capacity while continuously improving its production operations. In addition, Vinythai has entered into a service agreement with Solvay, NA for worldwide PVC business intelligence on export markets, as well as transfer of technical support and assistance in increasing production process efficiency. This support also includes a focus on reducing production costs, improving product quality, new product development, as well as legal services, procurement and personnel training.
World-class product quality
The company devotes considerable resources to assuring customers that its products fully comply with both Thai and international standards. Under Vinythai’s in-house quality control system, every stage of production is carefully and systematically monitored.
Like all products developed at Solvay production facilities throughout the world, Vinythai’s PVC resins are cross-checked periodically, ensuring the company’s compliance with standards.
Outstanding services
In addition to Vinythai’s commitment to delivering products of world-class quality standards, the company provides a professional PVC Customer Technical Services team. With extensive experience in the PVC industry, they offer special technical assistance to the company’s clients via:
PVC process support: The team can help adjust clients’ PVC formulations, assist in solving production problems, and cooperate with customers to develop new applications.
Vinythai’s Customer Technical Services Laboratory: This was the first PVC technical service laboratory in Thailand to offer these services to its customers.
Commitment to Total Quality Management
The Company is committed to Total Quality Management (TQM), to the management system standards of ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, and ISO/IEC 17025, and to the product standards of TIS for PVC resin (K 66), TIS for caustic soda, FDA for caustic soda as food additive, and HALAL for caustic soda.
