Qinghai Provincial Mining Co. selects Dow’s UNIPOL Polypropylene Process Technology

30-Sep-13

Qinghai Provincial Mining Co., Ltd., (Qinghai Mining) has agreed to license UNIPOL™ Polypropylene Process Technology from Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology LLC, a wholly owned Subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company. The 400,000 tpa homopolymer, random copolymer and impact copolymer facility is targeted to start-up in 2016. Located in Haixi, Qinghai Province, China, the facility will be a grass-root coal coking and methanol to olefin complex. "We chose UNIPOL PP Technology because it is a well proven technology in China for various propylene sources and the most reliable technology available for polypropylene production globally," said Mr. Cao Daling, chairman of Qinghai Mining's Board of Directors. "With UNIPOL PP commodity and specialty products, we will be able to contribute to China's fast growing polypropylene market." "UNIPOL PP Technology will enable Qinghai Mining to meet its customer demands for high quality polypropylene that produces products that are faster, lighter, clearer and cleaner," said Tracy Cleckler, president of Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology LLC. With UNIPOL PP Process Technology, polypropylene manufacturers can meet and exceed increasing demand from their customers for high quality polypropylene to create products used in packaging, durable goods, automotive parts, non-wovens, fibers and consumer applications.