August 1, 2021
LG Chem Now Asia’s #1 Polyolefin Producer
LG Chem Now Asia’s #1 Polyolefin Producer
LG Chem Ltd. is mass producing polyolefin, a collective term for polyethylene and polypropylene, at its new naphtha cracking center in Yeosu, South Korea. The new mass production facility can extract 800,000 tons of ethylene from crude oil which is then used to produce polyolefin. Together with its other plants, LG Chem is now capable of producing 3.3 million tons of ethylene and 1.2 million tons of polyolefin.
Polyethylene and polypropylene are the two most widely used plastics in the automotive and industrial materials markets, including packaging films and pipes. Starting in 2018, LG Chem has invested $2.6 trillion to grow its polyolefin production capabilities. The company expects to generate an additional $2 trillion with the new naphtha cracking center. You can read more about the new naphtha cracking plant here.
Polyethylene and polypropylene are the two most widely used plastics in the automotive and industrial materials markets, including packaging films and pipes. Starting in 2018, LG Chem has invested $2.6 trillion to grow its polyolefin production capabilities. The company expects to generate an additional $2 trillion with the new naphtha cracking center. You can read more about the new naphtha cracking plant here.
August 2, 2021
UVU Pedestrian Bridge Snow Melt Project
UVU Pedestrian Bridge Snow Melt Project
Last month we reported on the Plastics Pipe Institute (PPI) awarding its project of the year awards. One of those winners was the Utah Valley University (UVU) pedestrian bridge snow melt project. PPI shared more details of the project this month on their LinkedIn account. The project used materials produced by member companies REHAU, based in Leesburg, Virginia, and Uponor Inc., based in Apple Valley, Minnesota, and is the first large-scale use of Uponor PP-RCT in North America.
UVU needed a snow and ice removal solution for its new pedestrian bridge, which is elevated 35 feet in the air, that did not involve equipment or chemicals. The bridge itself is 970 feet long and 15 feet wide. The solution used 34,500 feet of 5/8” REHAU RAUPEX® O2 Barrier PEX which was embedded in the concrete for the snow melting loops. In addition, the project uses 1,900 feet of 75 mm to 125 mm Uponor PP-RCT to supply the heated antifreeze to the REHAU PEX tubing.
You can read more about the UVU pedestrian bridge project and the materials used here.
UVU needed a snow and ice removal solution for its new pedestrian bridge, which is elevated 35 feet in the air, that did not involve equipment or chemicals. The bridge itself is 970 feet long and 15 feet wide. The solution used 34,500 feet of 5/8” REHAU RAUPEX® O2 Barrier PEX which was embedded in the concrete for the snow melting loops. In addition, the project uses 1,900 feet of 75 mm to 125 mm Uponor PP-RCT to supply the heated antifreeze to the REHAU PEX tubing.
You can read more about the UVU pedestrian bridge project and the materials used here.