Braskem (São Paulo, Brazil; www.braskem.com.br) officially inaugurated its Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) production plant at its La Porte, Texas site. Braskem sells high-performance UHMWPE under the trade name UTEC, developed and produced through Braskem’s proprietary technologies.
“We are excited about today’s inauguration as we expand our presence and commitment in La Porte with the addition of our state-of-the-art UTEC UHMWPE production capabilities. This event commemorates the hard work of our team, not only in La Porte, but from around the world, to make this project successful. The new UTEC plant was well executed and successfully completed with an incident free safety record. We look forward to growing our UTEC business to better serve our clients and develop new high value client applications,” said Christopher Gee, Braskem Global Business Director for UTEC.
The UTEC plant started operations in January 2017 after a successful plant commission and subsequently began producing commercial grade product and samples. The new UTEC production facility allows Braskem to better serve its clients in North America as well as serve European and Asian clients via exports.