INEOS Technologies announced that it has licensed its Innovene Polypropylene (PP) process to Zhong Tian He Chuang Energy Company Ltd., Ordos City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The 350,000 t per year plant will manufacture a full line of polypropylene resins, including homopolymers, random copolymers, and impact copolymers and will serve the rapidly growing Chinese PP markets.

Zhong Tian He Chuang is a joint venture between China’s largest petrochemical company Sinopec, and China’s largest coal company China Coal Energy Group Co., Ltd.

INEOS licensed over 2 million tons of petrochemical capacity in China during 2011 and looks forward to participating further in the growth of the Chinese petrochemical industry.

• INEOS Technologies, Cheshire, UK
• Zhong Tian He Chuang Energy Company Ltd., Ordos City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
• Sinopec, Beijing, China
• China Coal Energy Group Co., Ltd. (ChinaCoal), Beijing, China