Fuzhou Zhongjing Chemical’s 1.5 million tons/year multi-component copolymerized polypropylene project has commenced operations
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On the morning of November 21, the multi-component copolymerized polypropylene project of China Soft Packaging Group’s Zhongjing Petrochemical was officially launched for construction in the Zhongjing Petrochemical Science and Technology Park, located in the Jiangyin Industrial Cluster in Fuzhou. Fuzhou city leaders You Mengjun, Wang Jinzu, and Ruan Xiaoying, together with Sheng Jin, chairman of the board of directors of China Soft Packaging Group, and Wu Yinlong, chairman of Hualu Engineering Company of China National Chemical Corporation, attended the project construction mobilization meeting. The Zhongjing Petrochemical Technology Park was invested in and built by China Soft Packaging Group in 2012. It covers an area of 3,000 mu, with a total investment of 25 billion yuan, and its annual output value amounts to 100 billion yuan. At present, the first polypropylene production facility with an annual capacity of 350,000 tons has been built and put into operation, and the second facility will also come online in the near future, serving as an important support for the Jiangyin Chemical New Materials Zone. Driven by Fuzhou’s \"100-Day Campaign\" and the special initiatives aimed at attracting investment and promoting development, the Zhongjing Petrochemical’s multi-component polypropylene project was ready for commencement 10 months ahead of schedule. The project adopts the world’s most advanced technology – the production techniques of LyondellBasell, a Fortune 500 company based in the Netherlands – with a total investment of 5 billion yuan. It has an annual production capacity of 1.5 million tons and an annual output value of 18 billion yuan. The project is expected to come online in 2018; it will fill a technical gap in China, help alleviate the supply-demand imbalance resulting from the country’s long-term reliance on imports of copolymerized polypropylene, and contribute to expanding the industrial chain for chemical new materials in Jiangyin, thereby assisting our city in developing a chemical new materials industry cluster worth hundreds of billions.
What does multi-component copolymerized polypropylene mean? Please explain
The production of terpolymer involves adding butylene and ethylene to propylene; under the action of a catalyst, these three components react in a reactor to form the terpolymer. Compared to binary copolymerized polypropylene, terpolymerized polypropylene exhibits better low-temperature heat sealing properties and transparency, as well as excellent anti-adhesion characteristics; therefore, it is more suitable for use in high-quality film materials. It is widely applied in various processing and manufacturing fields such as steaming bags for food packaging, composite films, cigarette packaging films, heat-shrinkable films, and metal-composite films.
1.5 million tons – how many Basel production lines are that?
Thank you, I’m not sure; can the double-ring tube designed by Sei be used for terpolymerization?