# Sinopec subsidiary starts up $280M SBC plant in Hainan

Sinopec subsidiary Hainan Baling Chemical New Material has started up a $280 million styrene-butadiene copolymer (SBC) plant in China, with annual capacity of 120,000 metric tons for SBS and 50,000 t for SEBS. Sinopec says the expansion makes it the world's largest producer of SBC.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2023-05-01
- Where: Hainan, China
- Value: $280.0M
- Starts operating: 1 May 2023
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 120,000 t/year SBS, 50,000 t/year SEBS
- Products: styrene-butadiene-styrene, styrene-ethylene-butadiene-styrene
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Sinopec](https://endata.com/companies/1143.md)
- [Hainan Baling Chemical New Material](https://endata.com/companies/69640.md)

## Sources

- [doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1021/cen-10114-buscon8), 2023-05-01: "The Sinopec subsidiary Hainan Baling Chemical New Material has started up a $280 million styrene-butadiene copolymer (SBC) plant in China."

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