New projects,
01 March 2010 00:00 [Source: ICB]
Notes: *Capacity: figures given in tonnes/year; tonnes/day are converted by multiplying by 330. (x) = expansion; T = total capacity including expansion.
Start-up: Dates given are for planned start-up. H1 = 1st half year; H2 = 2nd half year; Q1 = 1st quarter; Q2 = 2nd quarter; Q3 = 3rd quarter; Q4 = 4th quarter.
Status: S = study; P = planned; A = approval; E = engineering; U = under construction; C = completed; D = delayed.
NEW PROJECTS AND PERMANENT PLANT shutdowns REPORTED BY ICIS NEWS, february 16-23, 2010
| NEW PROJECTS | ||||||||
| Company | Location | Product | Capacity* | Process | Contractor | Cost | Start-up | Status |
| Carbon Holdings | Ain Sokhna, Egypt | high density polyethylene (HDPE) | 450,000 | Univation Technologies Unipol (single-reactor bimodal catalyst) | - | - | - | E |
| linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE)/HDPE | 900,000 (two 450,000 units) | Univation Technologies: Unipol (metallocene catalysts) | - | - | - | E | ||
| Chemtura | Catenoy, France | alkylated phenol | - | - | - | - | - | P |
| Asia and Middle East | Alkanox 240 phosphite antioxidants | - | - | - | - | - | P | |
| Chevron | Pascagoula, Mississippi, US | Group II base oils | (x)1.25m | - | - | - | 2013 | D |
| HMC Polymers | Mab Ta Phut, Thailand | polypropylene (PP) | 300,000 | - | - | - | May 2010 | C |
| propylene | 300,000 | propane dehydrogenation (PDH) | - | - | - | - | ||
| Siam Polyethylene | Mab Ta Phut, Thailand | LLDPE | 350,000 | - | - | - | - | D |
| PERMANENT PLANT shutdowns | |||||||
| Company | Location | Product | Capacity | Process | Contractor | Cost | Shutdown |
| Clariant | Balkum, Thane, India | pigments | - | - | - | - | 2011-2013 |
| Resende, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | textile dyes and chemicals | partial plant closure | - | - | - | 2011-2013 | |
| Muttenz, Switzerland | textile dyes and textile chemicals | transfer production to Asia | - | - | - | 2011-2013 |
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