Polypropylene

Borealis is increasing its PP capacity in Europe by expanding the capacity of its PP plant in Kallo, Belgium, by 80kt and engineering the expansion of its PP plant in Beringen, Belgium.

30 May 2018

Mitsui Chemicals and Prime Polymer establish a new PP Compounds Company in The Netherlands

The new company will be Mitsui Chemicals’ first European production base for polypropylene (PP) compounds in response to growing global demand for automotive-use PP, it is scheduled to start operat...

19 February 2018

Poligal completes the kickoff of production of its new plant in Poland

Poligal, the manufacturer of biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) and cast polypropylene (CPP) film, announces the start up of its new plant in Poland, a project with an investment of 40 million...

13 September 2017

Sabic continues global growth with innovative polypropylene ventures in Europe

SABIC continues its global expansion with the inauguration of a new polypropylene (PP) pilot plant in Geleen, the Netherlands, and the announcement of a new investment in a state-of-the-art PP extr...

16 November 2016

New PP pilot plant enables Sabic to meet key industry needs

The plant, which will use gas-phase polymerization technology, will support the production at nearby full-scale plants of superior materials that meet the needs of the different industries like aut...

9 June 2016

Construction of Poligal's new plant in Skarbimierz making good progress Back to top

The construction of Poligal's new plant in Poland started last January. It will hold initially an 8.7m wide Brückner 5 layer BOPP extrusion line as well as metallization capacity.

20 January 2015

Poligal (ES) announces a 30 million Euro investment of its next BOPP extrusion line in Poland.

Poligal Kicks Off Project for Construction of new Greenfield BOPP Plant in Skarbimierz, 60 km south of Wrocław Western Poland. The chosen location offers Poligal the possibility of being only 2 hou...

18 April 2014

QCP invests 75 million euros in a circular polymer plant at Chemelot

Quality Circular Polymers, is a new company that will provide brand owners and plastics convertors with polymers of high and consistent quality, based on used plastics.

25 June 2013

Borealis to invest EUR 65 million in Porvoo Borstar PE plant

Borealis has announced a major upgrading project at its production site in Porvoo, Finland. An investment of EUR 65 million will serve to upgrade the Borstar PE2 plant technology to the third gener...