W.R. Grace & Co (Grace; Columbia, Md.) announced the successful start-up of several polypropylene (PP) reactor lines in China, said the company.
Dongguan Grand Resource Science & Technology Co., Ltd. (Dongguan Grand Resource) started up its second plant (consisting of two reactor lines) for using Grace’s UNIPOL PP Technology and will add 600,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) of polypropylene resin capacity and increase its total nameplate capacity to 1,200 (m.t./yr). In addition, Dongguan Grand Resource is utilizing Grace’s CONSISTA catalysts in both of its UNIPOL PP technology lines.
Grace has also started up a 500,000-m.t./yr reactor line for PetroChina GuangDong PetroChemical Company (PetroChina GuangDong), a subsidiary of PetroChina Group, the world’s second-largest petroleum company. The plant will produce homopolymer, random copolymer, and impact copolymer polypropylene resins, catering to the growing demand for high-quality PP resins in the Chinese market.
This marks the fourth UNIPOL®PP technology plant start-up for PetroChina, which includes PetroChina Guangxi (200,000-m.t./yr), PetroChina Fushun (300 KTA), and PetroChina Sichuan (450,000-m.t./yr). In China, this is the largest UNIPOL PP technology single-extruder reactor line.
We remind, W.R. Grace & Co has licensed its Unipol PP process technology to Gail India Ltd for its 60,000 tonnes/y polypropylene (PP) plant at Gail's existing petrochemical complex in Pata, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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