In a step to forward the company's specialty chemicals business, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company plans to proceed with plans to build a 22 million pound pa polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) plant adjacent to its existing PPS plant in Borger. This additional investment will double Chevron's total PPS capacity at the site to approximately 44 million pounds pa. The new plant will share some infrastructure and operations with the existing Ryton® PPS plant.
The project is expected to be complete in early 2009, with construction slated to commence immediately.
Jacobs Engineering has been selected to provide engineering and procurement services, while Zachry Construction Corporation will provide the construction services for the project. Like the existing Ryton® PPS plant, much of the PPS polymer produced in Borger will be sent to Chevron Phillips Chemical's compounding facilities in LaPorte, Texas; Kallo, Belgium; and Tuas, Singapore where it is compounded with glass fibers and minerals to develop resins with unique performance features. Ryton® PPS is Chevron Phillips Chemical's high performance engineering resin known for its dimensional stability and resistance to corrosive and high-temperature environments. Ryton® PPS is used in injection molding and extrusion applications for computer components, automobile parts, and various electrical appliances
05-Apr-07 
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