# Nova Petroquímica expands polypropylene capacity at Duque de Caxias and Mauá

Nova Petroquímica invested US$ 80 million to expand polypropylene capacity: 100,000 t/y at Duque de Caxias, RJ, and from 360,000 to 450,000 t/y at Mauá, SP, Brazil. Total capacity across three plants will reach 875,000 t/y.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-03-19
- Where: Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Mauá, São Paulo, Brazil, Brazil
- Value: $80.0M
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 100,000 t/y at Duque de Caxias; 450,000 t/y at Mauá
- Products: polypropylene
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Nova Petroquímica](https://endata.com/companies/46035.md)

## Sources

- [syntexamerica.com](https://syntexamerica.com/blog/polypropylene-technological-advances), 2020-03-19: "Nova Petroquímica disbursed US$ 80 million in an expansion program that included a recent increase of 100 thousand tons per year in its Duque de Caxias-RJ unit and will revert, even in this year, in the expansion of the Mauá-SP plant, from 360 thousand to 450 thousand tons / year."

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