SunAllomer breaks ground for high-rubber PP plant

ERJ staff report (RD)

Oita, Japan - SunAllomer Ltd, a joint venture with the Netherlands-based LyondellBasell Industries, Showa Denko K.K. and Nippon Oil Corp., has broken ground at a new high-rubber content polypropylene (PP) plant in Oita, Japan, the company announced recently.

SunAllomer said the project includes the expansion of one PP production line by 60 000 tons per year and will also be converted to LyondellBasell's Spheripol manufacturing process. This conversion will help achieve energy-related improvements, such as a reduction in CO₂ emissions by 12 percent, as well as streamlined plant operations, the company added.

The third line at the Oita plant will be upgraded to produce high-rubber content PP for “further product differentiation in niche applications,” the company statement said. Engineering activities for the project are scheduled for completion in April 2010. SunAllomer said the high-rubber PP will provide “excellent rigidity and outstanding impact resistance, which are designed to reduce the weight and processing costs of customers' moulded products, especially in the food packaging and automotive segments.”

“The project will further strengthen SunAllomer's competitiveness,” said Godard von Ilsemann, president and ceo of SunAllomer. “By providing more value-added products to the demanding Asian market, as well as improving our manufacturing capabilities, we will be strategically positioned for long-term growth.”

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Press release from SunAllomer Ltd