Wen Jiabao, premier of China's State Council, has visited DSM Citric Acid in Wuxi in honor of its outstanding safety, health and environmental performance.
Wen Jiabao was recently accompanied by Li Yuanchao, party secretary of Jiangsu Province and Lian Baohua, governor of Jiangsu Province. According to DSM China, the officials were impressed by DSM's sustainable way of development. Premier Wen Jiabao expressed his thanks to DSM for its contribution to the local society and environment and recognized the company as a 'Good Citizen'.
Jiang Weiming, president of DSM China, and Zhu Linying, general manager of DSM Citrix Acid (Wuxi) Limited, guided the commission on a tour of the plant and in particular the company's environmental facilities. They saw the online emission monitoring system set up jointly with the local Wuxi government. This system is an example of good co-operation in environmental protection between the government and the company. Since 1998, a total of RMB47.4 million has been invested in the company's environmental protection projects.
At the Wuxi site, DSM produces citric acid, an ingredient widely used in the food and beverage industry. DSM says it places high priority on providing its customers with first quality ingredients, with guaranteed traceability and reliability about the sourcing and manufacturing, specifications which are of increasing importance in today's markets for nutritional ingredients.
The environmental facilities at this site encompass amongst other: a waste water treatment plant, a recycling system for cooling water and state of the art boiler flue gas treatment facilities.
