# Nantong Xingchen starts up new-generation PPE plant in Nantong

Nantong Xingchen's new-generation plant of 30,000 t/y polyphenylene ether (PPE) started up and is running. The project, with a total investment of 1 billion yuan, began construction in August 2018 and brings Bluestar's total PPE capacity to 50,000 t/y, ranking No. 2 in the world.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2020-08-12
- Where: Nantong, Jiangsu, China, China
- Value: $144.0M (1.00B CNY)
- Starts operating: 12 Aug 2020
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 30,000 t/y PPE
- Products: polyphenylene ether (PPE) resins
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Nantong Xingchen](https://endata.com/companies/49360.md)
- [China National Bluestar (Group) Co., Ltd.](https://endata.com/companies/22213.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [chemchina.com](https://www.chemchina.com/zghgen/news/ases/2024/10/I1294347092247969792.html), 2020-08-12: "On August 12, Nantong Xingchen’s new-generation plant of 30,000 t/y polyphenylene ether was started to be up and running."

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