Nova Plans Major PE Expansions
Nova Chemicals Corp., Pittsburgh, plans three capacity additions at its facilities in Canada.
Nova Chemicals Corp., Pittsburgh, plans three capacity additions at its facilities in Canada. Two world-scale plants for Advanced Sclairtech (LLDPE, LMDPE, and HDPE) and Novapol (LLDPE), as well as debottlenecking of LDPE at Mooretown, Ont., are in the planning stages. Completion of the projects is projected for late 2014 to 2017.
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