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Zeon Corp. will invest in a new facility at the GPI plant within its Mizushima complex to boost dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) production by about 20%. DCPD is the primary feedstock for cyclo-olefin polymers (COP) and COP optical films, core products for the company’s growth.

What impacts do you expect this 20% DCPD capacity increase to have on COP supply, pricing, or downstream applications?

Zeon to increase dicyclopentadiene production capacity

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Zeon Corp. (Tokyo) has decided to invest in a new facility at the GPI plant, located inside the Mizushima Plant. This will increase the production capacity of dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) by approximately 20% from current levels. DCPD is the main raw material for Cyclo-Olefin Polymers (COP) and COP optical film, which are key products and growth […]

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pat 2 months ago
Boosting DCPD by 20% shifts the pinch point to storage and transfer; it loves to polymerize and swell the wrong seals. Are you running N2-blanketed, cooled tanks with low shear pumps and FKM/PTFE wetted parts, and extracting DCPD upstream of the pygas hydrotreater to protect yield, or is most of this captive for COP rather than easing ENB/EPDM feedstock tightness?

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