The plant located in Nanchong, Sichuan province, utilises Invista’s proprietary P7 PTA process technology, with a nameplate capacity of one million metric tonnes per year. The plant also uses Invista’s proprietary R2R technology for production of benzoic acid as co-product.
“I congratulate Sichuan Shengda and Sichuan Energy on the successful start-up. I am appreciative of the collaborative efforts of Sichuan Shengda, Sichuan Energy and the Invista commissioning team. With this start-up, IPT and our licensees have now successfully commissioned 7 PTA projects totalling over 11 million tonnes per annum capacity since 2015,” said Mike Pickens, IPT president.
Invista latest industry-leading PTA technology, including its latest P8 technology, is available as a license package from Invista Performance Technologies. (PC)
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