China's Dexin Lianbang starts up polyether polyol unit on 25 April

25 April 2012 08:00  [Source: ICIS news]

SINGAPORE (ICIS)--China’s Zibo Dexin Lianbang has started up a polyether polyol plant, with a nameplate capacity of 100,000 tonnes/year, in Shandong province on 25 April, a company source said on Wednesday.

The plant can produce 6,000 tonnes/month of normal polyether polyols and 3,000-4,000 tonnes/month of elastomer polyols, the source added.

With the commissioning of this new unit, the company’s total polyether polyols capacity will reach 330,000 tonnes/year.

Dexin Lianbang has a 230,000 tonne/year plant at the same site which is operating at around 80% of capacity, the source said.

By: Vikki Shen

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