Enzyme destroys pesticides

• Book ID: 104383679
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2002
• Weight: 31 KB
• Volume: 2002
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1351-4180
• DOI: 10.1016/s1351-4180(02)00648-7

✦ Synopsis

Sumitomo uses new metallocene catalyst in LDPE plant

Sumitomo Chemical plans to use a new metallocene catalyst for the production of LDPE, in an existing plant, starting Oct 2002. The company is to close two solvent-based polypropylene plants (combined capacity 80,000 tonne/y) and will debottleneck two other PP lines (from 270,000 to 350,000 tonne/y).