Shanghai, China – Lubrizol Specialty Chemicals Manufacturing (Shanghai) is planning to increase its TPU pellet capacity by 10,700 tonne/year, the firm said in an environmental impact notice in November.
The new capacity comprises the upgrading its three existing production lines as well as an additional line with 6,300 tonne/year capacity.
The project is expected to be finished in 2018, the company told UTECH-polyurethane.com, upon which total capacity at the plant will reach 24,700 tonne/year.
Pellets made at the Shanghai plant are used in various products such as film, electronics and cable, said the company, and a majority of those are sold to the China market.