# Hanwha Total lets contract to Grace for polypropylene unit at Daesan

Hanwha Total Petrochemicals has awarded W.R. Grace & Co. a contract to license technology for a 400,000-tonne/year grassroots polypropylene unit at its Daesan complex in South Korea. The unit is scheduled to start operations in 2021.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2019-01-08
- Where: Daesan, Chungnam Province, South Korea, South Korea
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 400,000 tonnes/year
- Products: polypropylene, UNIPOL PP process technology, CONSISTA catalyst
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [W.R. Grace & Co.](https://endata.com/companies/25566.md) (supplier)
- [Hanwha Total Petrochemicals](https://endata.com/companies/28718.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [ogj.com](https://www.ogj.com/refining-processing/refining/optimization/article/17278827/hanwha-total-lets-contract-for-daesan-integrated-complex), 2019-01-08: "Hanwha Total Petrochemicals Co. Ltd., a 50-50 joint venture of Hanwha Group and Total SA, has let a contract to W.R. Grace & Co. to provide technology licensing for a grassroots polypropylene (PP) unit at its Daesan petrochemical complex."

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