# Zhongsha New Material Park polycarbonate project to start trial production in June 2021

The Zhongsha New Material Park project in Tianjin Nangang Industrial Zone, a 260,000 tons/year polycarbonate plant with a total investment of about 10.7 billion yuan, is expected to start trial production in June 2021. The project is a joint venture between Sinopec Group and Saudi Basic Industries Corporation.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-05-13
- Where: Tianjin Nangang Industrial Zone, Tianjin, China
- Value: $1.65B (10.7B CNY)
- Starts operating: Jun 2021
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 260,000 tons/year
- Products: polycarbonate
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Zhongsha Petrochemical](https://endata.com/companies/55082.md)
- [Sinopec](https://endata.com/companies/1143.md) (investor)
- [Saudi Basic Industries Corp.](https://endata.com/companies/40075.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [echemi.com](https://www.echemi.com/cms/222288.html), 2021-05-13: "At present, the main equipment has been basically completed, and it is expected to start trial production in June 2021."

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