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Plastics News, May, 2006
Expansive PP factory targets auto industry Hoofddorp, Netherlands - Basell Polyolefins of Hoofddorp has launched a 77 million-pound-per-year polypropylene compounding plant in Pindamonhangaba, Brazil, to serve the automotive industry. The $20 million facility opened March 29. Equipment includes Coperion Megacompounder extruders and a Plasmec turbo mixer.
Basell will expand the unit in phases until capacity reaches 176 million pounds per year. The firm already has approved a 33 million-pound expansion for 2007. The Pindamonhangaba site is within 125 miles of Volkswagen, Peugeot, General Motors, Toyota and Honda assembly plants. "This facility will help address market growth in South America and bring more Basell resin and technological innovation to a...
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