LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced that Zhejiang Petroleum & Chemical Co. Ltd. (ZPC) will license again the LyondellBasell high-pressure polyethylene (PE) technology at their facility located in Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, P.R. of China.
The Lupotech process technology will be used for both a 100,000-ton/yr Autoclave and a 300,000-ton/yr tubular line. Both production trains will be producing mainly ethylene vinyl acetate copolymers (EVA). Furthermore, an additional 400,000 ton/yr tubular line producing low-density polyethylene (LDPE) homo polymers will be built at the same site.
“We are excited that ZPC decided to grow their assets of licensed LyondellBasell polyolefin technologies with their latest award of our tubular Lupotech T and autoclave Lupotech A technology. In the near future, ZPC will produce in total more than 2,700 KTA polyolefins based on our process technology,” said Neil Nadalin, Director Global Licensing and Services at LyondellBasell. Nadalin added: “The latest additions will be dedicated to produce high value EVA and LDPE applications such as solar panel lamination and encapsulant enabling the global energy transition as well as the production of cost efficient homopolymer LDPE resins.“
Mr. Li Shuirong, Chairman of Zhejiang Petroleum & Chemical Co. Ltd., stated: “The selection of LyondellBasell’s Lupotech process technologies represents a win-win situation for both ZPC and LyondellBasell. These technologies allow us to not only expand our production capabilities, but also further improve the excellent performance and quality of our LDPE and EVA products.”