# Sinopec Baling Petrochemical starts trial run at China's first SEPS elastomers plant

Sinopec's subsidiary Baling Petrochemical started trial runs at its new SEPS elastomers facility in Yueyang, Hunan province. The plant has 20,000 tonnes per year capacity and received over €38 million investment.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-08-31
- Where: Yueyang, Hunan province, China
- Value: $45.0M (38.0M EUR)
- Starts operating: Aug 2017
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 20,000 tonnes per year
- Products: SEPS thermoplastics elastomers
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Baling Petrochemical](https://endata.com/companies/26832.md)
- [Sinopec](https://endata.com/companies/1143.md) (partner)
- [Beijing Research Institute of Chemical Industry](https://endata.com/companies/26833.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [european-rubber-journal.com](https://www.european-rubber-journal.com/article/2065615/sinopec-trials-china-s-first-seps-elastomers-facility), 2017-09-10: "Sinopec’s subsidiary Baling Petrochemical started trial run at its SEPS thermoplastics elastomer facility in late August"

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