Ucabangani ngomkhakha waseThailand? Ukusabela kokuqala kwabantu abaningi kwezolimo. Ngemuva kwakho konke, ilayisi elinephunga elimnandi lase-Thai ne-latex kudume umhlaba wonke. Eqinisweni, ngokubuka kwesakhiwo sezimboni ezithunyelwa ngaphandle, iThailand yizwe lezimboni kuze kube yileso sikhathi. Ngaphezu kokukhiqizwa kwemikhiqizo kagesi, imishini nezimoto, imikhiqizo yezimboni yaseThailand nayo iyancintisana emakethe yokuthekelisa futhi yamukelwa yimakethe yamazwe omhlaba.
Ngemuva kwenkinga yezezimali e-Asia ngo-1997, imboni yamakhemikhali yaseThailand yalungisa isu layo lokuthuthuka futhi yanweba ububanzi bayo bebhizinisi emhlabeni. Ngemuva kwesikhathi sokulungiswa, imboni yamakhemikhali yaseThailand isungule indawo ebalulekile emakethe yaseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia. Izinkampani zamakhemikhali zithatha iChina ne-United States njengezimakethe zabo zemikhiqizo yesikhathi esizayo, kanti nezinkampani zakwamanye amazwe nazo zitshala imali ngenkuthalo eThailand.
Kulezi zinsuku, imboni yamakhemikhali ingenye yezimboni ezinamandla eThailand, enenani eliphelele elingaphezu kwesigidigidi esisodwa se-baht. Inesethi ephelele yengqalasizinda kusuka ekukhiqizweni kuya ekuphathweni kwezinto nasekuthuthweni. Ngasikhathi sinye, amabhizinisi amakhemikhali adlala indima ebalulekile ekusekeleni izimboni ezinjengokulungiswa kokudla, imikhiqizo yepulasitiki, okokuhlanza, izindwangu, izimoto, ifenisha, imithi nokuhlanzwa kwamanzi.
I-Statoil ingumkhiqizi ohamba phambili wama-petrochemicals nezinhlayiya zepulasitiki. Ekukhiqizweni kwezinhlayiya zepulasitiki ezisezingeni eliphakeme ze-polyethylene polymer, kubanga ingxenye enkulu yesabelo sokuthekelisa somkhakha wonke wezinhlayiya zepulasitiki waseThai.
Ibhizinisi elikhulu kunawo wonke phakathi kweqembu lamandla le-GC neThailand yinkampani yeNational Petrochemical Company. I-Pttpm, inkampani ephethwe yiqembu le-PTT, yasungulwa ngoJuni 2005. E-Thailand, i-pttpm iyinkampani ehamba phambili yezokumaketha enikezela ngama-polymers asezingeni eliphakeme kanye nezinsizakalo emhlabeni. Isibonelo, i-polyethylene ephakeme kakhulu nge-innoplus, i-polyethylene ephansi kakhulu, i-polyethylene emincane ephansi, i-polypropylene yi-moplen, i-polystyrene yi-Diarex. Imikhiqizo esiyithengisayo nayo ithandwa kakhulu kubathengi, enekhwalithi enhle nentengo ephansi. Imikhiqizo yethu ayithengiswa kuphela eThailand, kepha futhi ithunyelwa kwamanye amazwe nezifunda ezingaphezu kwekhulu.
Eqinisweni, yize izici zefilimu zehlukile, kepha noma ngabe ifilimu ingadlala ngempela ukusebenza kwayo okuhlukile, into ebaluleke kakhulu ukubona ikhwalithi yezinto zayo zokusetshenziswa, khetha izinto zokusetshenziswa ezinhle kakhulu ukwenza ifilimu yokusebenza okungcono. Isibonelo, i-metallocene polyethylene yinto entsha evelele ezintweni eziningi zokusetshenziswa. Ifilimu ye-metallocene eyenziwe ngayo inokusebenza okungcono kunamanye amafilimu ohlobo olufanayo. Ifilimu le-metallocene aliwona umkhiqizo omusha kuphela we-GC, kodwa futhi ngumkhiqizo omusha okhuthazwa yi-pttpm.
Imikhiqizo ye-GC eThailand ayithengiswa kuphela eThailand, kepha futhi ithunyelwa kwamanye amazwe nezifunda ezingaphezu kwekhulu. Ikakhulu, izinhlayiya ezisezingeni eliphakeme ze-metallocene polyethylene ze-innoplus bezilokhu zithandwa emhlabeni wonke, okuyintuthuko enkulu ekufakweni kwemboni ye-petrochemical Thailand. Ukukhethwa kwezinto zokwenziwa kwefilimu emikhakheni eminingi kuzimisele ukukhetha imikhiqizo ye-GC. Ngoba sigxila kakhulu ocwaningweni lwezinto ezisetshenzisiwe zepulasitiki, singochwepheshe kakhulu futhi singathathwa njengesinqumo esingcono kakhulu sezinto zokusetshenziswa zefilimu.
