# Braskem celebrates first year of commercial production at La Porte polypropylene line

Braskem celebrated the one-year anniversary of commercial production at its new polypropylene production line in La Porte, Texas, which has a nameplate capacity of 450 kilotons per year and produced over 800 million pounds in its first year.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2021-09-10
- Where: La Porte, Texas, United States
- Starts operating: 10 Sep 2020
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 450 kilotons per year (1 billion pounds per year)
- Products: polypropylene, homopolymer, impact copolymer, random copolymers
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Braskem](https://endata.com/companies/1071.md)

## Sources

- [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/braskem-celebrates-one-year-anniversary-of-commercial-production-at-its-newest-world-class-polypropylene-production-line-in-la-porte-texas-301372859.html), 2021-09-10: "Braskem's first full year of commercial operations at our newest world class polypropylene line in La Porte, Texas, exceeded our expectations"

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