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CAPACITY BOOST
LyondellBasell expands PP compounding in China

LyondellBasell (LYB) has started up
an additional production line at the Dalian
(China) site of its Advanced Polymer
Solutions (APS) business for producing a
wide range of polypropylene compounds,
mainly supplying the automotive industry.

As the second production line at the
Dalian site, with an annual capacity of
20,000 tonnes, the new line will double
the site’s current production capacity.

“The global automotive industry is
experiencing rapid growth and trans-
formation, especially in the new energy
vehicle sector, and China has emerged as
a significant player in this market,” said
Mr. Torkel Rhenman, Executive Vice
President-APS, LyondellBasell.

“We see great opportunities to acce-
lerate the growth of our business here, and
we keep investing in this market. We will
continue to provide best-in-class products
and services to our customers while pro-
moting circularity through collabora-
tions and our Circulen portfolio,” added
Mr. Rolf van Beeck, Vice President of APS-
APAC and AfMEI, LyondellBasell.

“The new production line marks
Dalian site’s progress in increasing
capacity and automatic operation, and it
can contribute to the long-term scalable
development,” said Brian Jiang, Di- compounded products at full capacity and body panels for the automotive
rector of Advanced Polymer Solutions with four production lines, suppling to industry. Currently, the APS business
APAC Manufacturing of Lyondell- end applications including bumpers, operates five sites in China, with a port-
Basell. Established in 2015, the Dalian instrument panels, interior trims, under- folio of PP compounding, engineered
site can produce 80,000 tonnes of PP the-hood applications or structural parts plastics and masterbatch products.

EXPANDED CAPABILITIES
Thermo Fisher Scientific expands clinical research lab in US

The PPD clinical research business veiled a new clinical research laboratory USA. The new 72,500-square-foot
of US-based analytical technologies building at its good manufacturing prac- building, involving an investment of
group, Thermo Fisher Scientific, has un- tices (GMP) lab in Middleton, Wisconsin, $58-mn, increases the site’s chemistry,

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