Grace to provide Unipol PP technology to China's Yuntianhua Group

With an expected opening in 2017, the new enterprise will produce polypropylene at a rate of 150 kilo tonnes per annum (ktpa)

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Last Updated : Apr 29 2015 | 2:49 PM IST

WR Grace & Co will provide its Unipol polypropylene (PP) technology and services to Yunnan Yuntianhua PetroChemical Co Ltd for a new PP production facility in Anning Yunnan, China.
 
Yunnan Yuntianhua PetroChemical is a new subsidiary of Yuntianhua Group Co Ltd, the largest chemical company in Kunming, Yunnan Province. With an expected opening in 2017, the new enterprise plans to purchase propylene from the PetroChina Yuannan refinery and build a unit that will produce polypropylene at a rate of 150 kilo tonnes per annum (ktpa).   
 
Al Beninati, president of Grace Catalysts Technologies, said, “We are delighted with the pace at which the Unipol PP technology is being adopted in this growing market. Not only is the technology reliable, but it can also be implemented with low investment and operating cost, is easy to operate, and will produce state-of-the-art PP products.”
 
Jiang Ling, deputy general manager, Yuntianhua, said, "Unipol PP process technology offers us the most advanced PP product capability available. We are building a facility that will produce world-class products and believe this agreement aligns with our goals for achieving optimum productivity and performance.”

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First Published: Apr 29 2015 | 2:47 PM IST