LyondellBasell Expands Spherizone Polypropylene Plant in Italy

LyondellBasell says it plans to extend production and technology capabilities of its Spherizone process polypropylene (PP) plant at Brindisi, Italy. The project will add 50,000 m.t./year PP capacity bringing the total to 235,000 m.t./year on completion in 2012. The company will upgrade the existing plant to use additional co-monomers, including hexene, to manufacture products with properties required by the pipe, film, and healthcare segments. "This project will enable LyondellBasell to better support the growing demand for higher-value, specialty PP...

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