YGC Starts up SBR Project in NCIP

On May 28th, 2007 the 100 000 t/a emulsion polymerized styrene
butadiene rubber (SBR) unit conducted wet commissioning and
manufactured qualified products in YPC-GPRO (Nanjing) Rubber
Co., Ltd. (YGC) located in Nanjing Chemical Industry Park (NCIP),
Jiangsu province.  With a total investment of over RMB600
million, YGC was built jointly by YPC and Jiangsu GPRO Group
based on 6:4 equity rate. The 100 000 t/a emulsion polymerized
SBR project is composed of three parts - process production unit,
public facilities and some related facilities. Shandong Qilu
Petrochemical Engineering Co., Ltd. undertakes the design work
of the project.
   Construction on the 100 000 t/a SBR project was started on
December 8th, 2005. On March 9th, 2007 the project was conducted
intermediate handing-over. (CCR2007, No.9) Adopting the
domestic low-temperature production technology, the unit has
many advantages including high polymerization conversion rate,
long operation period, low investment and low cost.