# LG Yongxing breaks ground on 100,000-ton nitrile latex project in Ningbo

Ningbo LG Yongxing Chemical Co., Ltd. held a groundbreaking ceremony for a 100,000-ton-per-year nitrile butadiene latex (NBL) polymer material project with a total investment of 330 million yuan, expected to be completed in about one year.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2020-04-10
- Where: Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
- Value: $46.6M (330.0M CNY)
- Starts operating: Apr 2021
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 100,000 tons per year
- Products: nitrile butadiene latex (NBL)
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Ningbo LG Yongxing Chemical Co., Ltd.](https://endata.com/companies/46510.md)
- [LG Chemical](https://endata.com/companies/46511.md) (investor)
- [LG Chemical](https://endata.com/companies/46511.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [echemi.com](https://www.echemi.com/cms/98957.html), 2020-04-13: "On April 10, Ningbo LG Yongxing Chemical Co., Ltd. produced an annual output of 100,000 tons of nitrile butadiene latex (NBL) polymer material project, and held a groundbreaking ceremony."
- [e.cria.org.cn](https://e.cria.org.cn/a/1778595300026376193), 2020-05-26: "On April 10, Ningbo LG Yongxing Chemical Co., Ltd. held the foundation laying ceremony for the project with an annual output of 100,000 tons of NBL polymer materials."

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