MOSCOW (MRC) -- Lubrizol has completed construction of a new thermo-plastic polyurethane (TPU) line at its Songjiang facility in Shanghai, China, as per Apic-online.
The TPU line, which will begin production next month, will support the growing demand for specialty elastomers. It will increase capacity for specialty applications by nearly a third, said the company.
Lubrizol also launched a new TPU compounding line at the facility last year. Capacities of the lines were not available.
Multiple staged investments and expansions are un-derway at Lubrizol's facilities around the world, in alignment with the company's ambitious growth strategy, Lubrizol noted.
As MRC informed previously, in February 2016, speciality chemicals major Lubrizol Corporation announced the commencement of its USD50 million chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC) compounding plant in Dahej. This was the company's first CPVC compounding plant in the country, and it claimed that it is the first such in India by any global major.
The Lubrizol Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is an innovative specialty chemical company that apart from its production develops and supplies technologies to customers in the global transportation, industrial and consumer markets. Lubrizol is providing innovative solutions for its customers high-performance application needs and remains committed to ongoing investment in its CPVC capabilities that support future growth. With headquarters in Wickliffe, Ohio, Lubrizol owns and operates manufacturing facilities in 17 countries, as well as sales and technical offices around the world. Founded in 1928, Lubrizol has approximately 8,000 employees worldwide.
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