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ROTTERDAM (LyondellBasell) -- With growing
customer requirements for high-performance, specialty polypropylene (PP) products, LyondellBasell announced
today that it plans to extend production and technology capabilities at its
Spherizone PP process technology plant in Brindisi, Italy.
Scheduled for completion in 2012, an upgraded process design and capacity
expansion will include the use of additional co-monomers such as hexene to
manufacture products with the properties required by pipe, sophisticated film
and healthcare applications. Plant capacity is expected to be increased by 50
KT, extending total capacity to 235 KT per year.
According to Anton de Vries, LyondellBasell’s senior vice president, Olefins
and Polyolefins, Europe, Asia and International, “This project will enable
LyondellBasell to better support the growing demand for higher-value, specialty
PP grades.”
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