PHILADELPHIA, PA, June 22, 2017-

Braskem will build within the next three years a new world-class polypropylene (PP) production line in North America which will be named Delta and will be collocated next to the company’s existing production facilities in La Porte, Texas, U.S. Braskem will commit a total of approximately $675 million in investment capital towards the design and construction of the new facility.

With the engineering design phase well underway, the new plant will have a production capacity of 450 kilotons (kt) per year, the equivalent to aproximatelly
1 billion pounds. Construction will take place on part of the approximate 200 acres of land at Braskem’s current La Porte facility, which is located 26 miles from Houston. The new plant will represent additional production capacity of homopolymers, random copolymers, impact copolymers, and reactor TPOs, building upon Braskem’s current polypropylene production plant in La Porte.

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