The new plant, to be operational in 2013, will be integrated into Sopo’s existing Zhenjiang site, which includes manufacturing of chlorine alkali products and rubber accelerants; a methanol plant and a 1,200,000-ton-per-annum acetic acid plant. The VAM project will use feedstock supply from the acetic acid plant.

“This project is the first cooperation between Sopo and DuPont and it marks a very good beginning. We look forward to further cooperation with DuPont in other areas,” Shouyan Shao, Sopo vice president said in a news release.

“Licensing our technology to Sopo demonstrates our commitment to using market-driven technology to meet customer needs and enable growth in emerging global markets,” added William J. Harvey, president of DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers.