Eliokem starts up its Pliocord VP Latex project

Eliokem announced that the construction and commissioning of its Pliocord plant located in the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park (Caojing, China) is now complete. The project involved investment amounting to $ 25 million. The Shanghai plant is expected to expand the global Pliocord production capacity of the Group including the existing Le Havre facility in France to approximately 50,000 metric tonnes wet per year allowing the company to achieve the largest worldwide production of VP latex. Pliocord VP Latex is primarily used in the production of tyre cord fabric providing critical adhesion of the cord to the tyre's rubber. Approximately one in three radial passenger cars tyres worldwide uses Pliocord VP Latex. www.eliokem.comKobe 11 ELite Glowing