Univation building catalyst plant in China
By Nina Ying Sun
PLASTICS NEWS
ZHANGJIAGANG (August 18, 2009) -- Univation Technologies LLC is building a new polyethylene catalyst manufacturing facility in China with a scheduled 2011 start-up. The factory, with expansion
capability, is located in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu province.
The Houston-based company announced that the new facility will produce UCATT J High Productivity Catalyst, which is used in the production of a broad range of linear low and high density polyethylene
products.
China has more than 20 of Univation’s Unipol PE process reactors in operation or under construction, the company said in a news release, and this particular investment reinforces its commitment to
the region.
“We continue to seek ways to help our customers operate reliably and cost effectively. Our new facility creates a solution that brings this high value catalyst closer to our customers,” noted
President Kenneth Glover. The China plant will meet the growing needs for licensees of the Unipol PE gas-phase process.
Univation, a joint venture between ExxonMobil Chemical Co. of Houston and Dow Chemical Co. of Midland, Mich., said it will continue to provide UCAT conventional catalysts, XCAT metallocene catalysts,
and Prodigy bimodal catalysts from several facilities located in North America.
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