Noveon to expand Chinese TPU plant

Chemical News: Noveon to expand Chinese TPU plant

https://www.chemnet.com Aug 02,2007 PRW.com
1 August 2007 - Noveon is planning to expand capacity at its Estane TPU manufacturing facility in the Song Jiang Industrial Zone near Shanghai in China. The company did not specify in its announcement the increased tonnage following the expansion at the plant, which has been in operation for two years.

Lubrizol Corporation acquired Noveon and its Estane Engineered Polymers business in 2004. It said the business offers one of the largest TPU portfolios in the world, with resins used in industrial, automotive, textile and medical applications.

Timothy Earl Madden, business director of Lubrizol’s TPU business in Asia Pacific, said: “We are truly committed to the Asian TPU market. The success and popularity of the Estane brand in China and throughout Asia has actually necessitated this expansion.”

He said the expanded capacity will be used to serve existing customers and “extend the convenience of local production beyond our current customer base”.

This investment is in addition to a decision, announced in February this year, to build a specialty chemicals facility adjacent to the TPU site in Song Jiang. Construction is starting in this quarter and is scheduled for completion in the fourth quarter of 2008.
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