Braskem GEO:'Green' polyethylene plant to come on stream 2009

摘要

Rio de Janeiro-Sao Paulo-based Braskem,Latin America's largest petrochemicals company,October 29,said it plans to build a major polyethylene plant whose feedstock will be Brazilian sugarcane ethanol,in its first major foray into renewable plastics.Braskem plans to build a plant that will produce 200,000 mt/year of ethanol-based polyethylene by the end of 2009,CEO Carlos Grubisich said in a statement.