date:Jun 02, 2012
Braskem Idesa SAPI, is a joint venture from Brazilian firm Braskem S.A., a producer of chemistry products, and Mexican company, Idesa, specialising in petrochemical, construction and distribution.
The site will have a capacity of one million tons annually of polyethylene, through an ethane cracker and three polymerization plants, two high density polyethylene (HDPE) and one low density (LDPE).
This breaks down to annual amounts of 450,000 tons of HDPE, 350,000 tons of linear polyethylene of