LyondellBasell will build a new 1.1 billion-pound-per-year high-density polyethylene plant on the Gulf Coast, the company announced on Friday. The plant will be the first to employ LyondellBasell’s proprietary Hyperzone PE technology. It is expected to start up in 2019.
LyondellBasell recently completed ethylene expansion projects at its La Porte and Channelview, Texas, plants and it is working on a third ethylene expansion in Corpus Christi. The company said on Friday the new HDPE plant would be built in either Texas or Louisiana. It is expected to create 1,000 jobs during peak construction and as many as 75 permanent positions.
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