LyondellBasell Hostalen “Advanced Cascade Process” (Hostalen ACP) are chosen to be the Sinopec Hainan Refining & Chemical Co., LTD. (Sinopec) new HDPE facility technology. This announcement was made by LyondellBasell Industries N.V. in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on May 26. This technology will use for new HDPE plant in Yangpu, Hainan Province, China with a capacity of 300,000 metric tons per year.
Neil Nadalin, Director of Licensing at LyondellBasell said that the process is the leading technology using low-pressure to produce higher-value polyethylene products. The Sinopec new plants will commence operations to produce a full range of multi-modal HDPE products.