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Liaoning Huajin Chemical Corporation has selected Basell's Spheripol technology for a new 250 kiloton per year polypropylene plant it plans to build in Panjin, Liaoning province, China. Start-up is expected in 2009.

"The Spheripol process is the most widely used polypropylene technology in the world, with more than 18.5 million tons of licensed capacity and we are pleased that the largest chemical group in Liaoning province has joined the extensive list of Spheripol process licensees," said Just Jansz, president

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