[Viewpoint from China Pharmaceutical Network Editor] Starting this week, most areas of China have entered the autumn and winter mode. With the advent of autumn and winter, environmental problems such as haze may also follow, so how to deal with air pollution problems It has become the focus of attention. The author was informed that recently, ten ministries and commissions including the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the National Development and Reform Commission jointly issued the "Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and Surrounding Areas 2017~2018 Autumn and Winter Air Pollution Comprehensive Control Action Plan" in conjunction with 6 provinces (cities) including Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei. Compared with the plan, this action plan has increased both in the scope of rectification and the crackdown. Among them, the API industry has become the focus of this governance. The plan emphasizes that API manufacturers should stop production in principle if they violate the emission process.

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Some experts said that with the introduction of relevant environmental pollution control action plans, a large number of small and medium-sized API companies that are unable to upgrade environmental protection may be eliminated, and API companies will usher in a reshuffle. Facing the pressure of environmental protection, API companies are facing huge challenges. At the same time, the situation of the API equipment industry in the upstream of APIs will be equally difficult. How to avoid the situation of production suspension and production restriction in the industry? API and equipment companies still A long-lasting battle is needed. This article will mainly start from the perspective of API equipment and analyze how API equipment companies can better help API companies to tide over the crisis. In this round of crisis, how do API equipment handle itself?

Improving output and reducing pollution emissions are the fundamental solution to the problem

According to relevant experts, it is very difficult to deal with raw material drug waste, because a pharmaceutical factory often produces dozens of raw material drugs, and the waste of these raw material drugs is completely different. Therefore, to solve the problem of API pollution, companies need to control the discharge of pollutants from the source and increase the output level of APIs. As API equipment is used as the equipment support for API production, companies should adjust their development strategies in time to start from the source and improve the energy-saving and environmental protection indicators of the equipment in the production process.

Improve the output level of APIs and solve pollution emissions from the source. This is the foundation of APIs to solve the pollution problem, and it is also the goal for API equipment companies to strive for in equipment research and development. Faced with the pressure of environmental protection, API equipment should further optimize the product structure and corporate structure, develop and produce technologically advanced equipment to help API companies reduce pollution emissions from the source, and promote the sustainable development of the industry.

The author has learned that as the concept of environmental protection has taken root in the hearts of the people, API equipment companies have also fully realized the importance of green environmental protection, and many API equipment have also incorporated green concepts. For example, in the field of drying equipment, the birth of microwave vacuum drying equipment makes the raw material medicine in the drying process environmentally friendly, clean and sanitary, and pollution-free. Because the microwave has the penetrability to heat the inside and outside of the medium at the same time, no heat conduction is required, the heating speed is fast, and the "three wastes" problem will not occur.

To control pollution, it is necessary to control the discharge of the pollution source at the source, so that the environment can be truly treated. Therefore, API equipment companies must strictly design and develop production equipment based on environmental protection during the production process, and can no longer sacrifice the environment. The author was informed that Changzhou Lima Drying adheres to the green development process and caters to green development. It plans to establish a special environmental protection company and supporting engineering experiment center to establish the core elements of energy saving and environmental protection product design.

Although China’s API equipment is well aware of the importance of green environmental protection, due to technical deficiencies, many API equipment companies in China are currently unable to reduce emissions, reduce emissions, or even zero emissions. Many core key technologies still need to Introduce and learn from abroad. Therefore, in the future development, API equipment companies must continue to attract and accumulate talents and technologies, continue to carry out technological innovation, and promote the green and environmental upgrade of equipment.

Reducing equipment costs is an important issue

As we all know, in the pharmaceutical production process, APIs are at the end of the industry chain, and the added value is relatively low. However, the waste water, waste gas, and waste generated during the production of APIs are often difficult to handle and require relatively high equipment. , The equipment cost is also very high. According to calculations by a company, if it builds factories and environmental protection equipment in strict accordance with environmental protection standards, it will probably need to invest 400 million yuan in hardware. In addition, pharmaceutical companies also need to pay a larger amount of routine maintenance costs, which makes the company unbearable Burdened. More importantly, with the huge investment in environmental protection, whether companies can achieve profitability is still a question.

In addition, a raw material drug company revealed that its new set of sewage treatment facilities with a daily processing capacity of 2500 tons and supporting high-concentration wastewater pretreatment facilities need more than 50 million yuan, and the operating cost of treating 1 ton of sewage is about 200 yuan, and it can process 2500 tons per day. It costs 500,000 yuan per ton. This calculation will be an astronomical figure in the long run.

Nowadays, China’s pollution control requirements for API companies are becoming more and more stringent. Due to the huge equipment costs, API companies say that they are miserable. Some small and medium-sized companies will be out of the game due to their inability to upgrade environmental protection equipment, or In the embarrassing situation of production suspension and production restriction.

In this regard, some experts pointed out that under this round of crisis, API equipment companies need to continuously carry out innovative research and development, and produce high-tech environmentally friendly production equipment to reduce the production time of APIs and improve production efficiency. At the same time, API equipment companies need to continue to innovate, improve the quality of equipment, reduce equipment production costs, and popularize and generalize this high-efficiency equipment, so that more and more API companies can afford it. Equipment, and can reduce equipment maintenance costs. Various intricate equipment costs are reduced, so the production cost of raw materials will also be reduced, so that enterprises also have more funds to invest in the upgrading of equipment.

After the compilation

APIs are highly polluting and energy-intensive industries, and their emissions pollute the atmosphere and waters very seriously. For example, the waste water produced during the production of raw materials not only contains a large number of difficult-to-biodegradable chemical substances and residual pharmaceutical ingredients, but also contains high nitrogen, sulfates and salt substances, which have poor biodegradability. Therefore, it is very important to reduce the emission of pollutants in the production process of APIs. Only by reducing the emission of pollutants from the source can the pollution of the atmosphere and waters be effectively controlled, and it will also reduce the difficulty of later treatment problems. However, it has to be admitted that there are not a few API companies that do not meet the standards or even do not directly discharge waste. The reason why they do not meet the standards and do not deal with it is that the lack of environmentally friendly equipment and technology and the high cost are important aspects. . Nowadays, the country is paying more and more attention to the development of green environmental protection, and many action plans are even pointing to APIs. In the face of "life and death", API companies must be strict with themselves, reduce emissions, and achieve emission standards. , Strengthening technological innovation and research and development of API equipment, and producing high-tech, high-quality, low-cost equipment is a powerful weapon for APIs to escape "life and death". At the same time, API equipment can only achieve sustainable development by doing so.

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(Source: China Pharmaceutical Network)