Nippon Gohsei expands EVOH capacity in US; Toyo Engineering awarded contract

Toyo Engineering (Narashino, Japan) says that it has been awarded a contract by Noltex (La Porte, TX), a subsidiary of Nippon Synthetic Chemical Industry Co. (Nippon Gohsei; Osaka), to construct an ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH) copolymer manufacturing plant with a capacity of 15,000 m.t./year at La Porte. Toyo has been awarded a turnkey contract for detailed engineering, procurement, and construction of the project. Construction of the plant is scheduled to begin in the summer of 2013 and will be completed at the end of 2014, Toyo says. Noltex currently has...

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