Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) and Univation Technologies, LLC (Houston) have entered into a cooperation agreement with the purpose of developing improved capital and operating efficiencies for the production of on-purpose linear alpha olefins (LAO) – including both butene-1 and hexene-1 -for use in manufacturing polyethylene resins with the UNIPOL™ PE Process.
The alliance is expected to identify and deliver quantifiable synergies to benefit polyethylene producers globally for new UNIPOL™ PE Projects as well as provide for retrofit opportunities for UNIPOL™ PE Plants already in operation.
Univation and Axens will collaborate to identify and capture capital and operating cost reduction opportunities as well as optimize process requirements for both Axens LAO technology platforms (AlphaButol® and AlphaHexol™) and Univation’s UNIPOL™ PE Process to deliver value to polyethylene producers. These synergies and optimization will be carried out during the early process design phase of the project.