LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced that Shandong Yulong Petrochemical Co. Ltd will use the LyondellBasell Lupotech T high-pressure polyethylene (PE) technology in two separate production lines at a new facility.
The process technology will be used for a 200 KTA low density polyethylene (LDPE) line and a 300 KTA LDPE and ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA) line to produce LDPE with vinyl acetate comonomer. The facility will be located in Longkou, Yantai, Shandong Province, P.R. of China.
“With continuous, significant growth in LDPE and EVA applications, and the need for benchmark manufacturing performance to effectively compete in the product market, Shandong Yulong Petrochemical’s selection of our Lupotech T underlines our leading position in process technologies for the production of LDPE and LDPE specialities,” said Neil Nadalin, Director Global Licensing and Services at LyondellBasell. Nadalin added, “Lupotech T is the technology of choice for high-pressure tubular LDPE production offering lowest operating and balanced investments costs to our customers.”