| OBSERVATION'S |
According to Jorge Bühler-Vidal, director of North Brunswick, N.J.-based Polyolefins Consulting, choosing a polyolefins production process is complicated. There are about 25 different polyethylene technologies available and eight for polypropylene. The weeding-out process can take a long time. "Often people get paralyzed by the number of choices," he says. Scale, dictated by both technology and feedstock availability, is probably the most important factor. "One thing is true for any technology: The larger the plant, the better," Bühler-Vidal says. "You want to build the largest plant you can get away with because that will reduce your cost per ton. If you decide you want to build a 450,000-metric-ton plant and there are licensors who have never built anything close to that size, you will probably feel uncomfortable and just eliminate them." |
| ADDRESS | North Brunswick, N.J |
| CONTACT | Jorge Bühler-Vidal, director |
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