Lubrizol announced the inauguration of its new compounding line in Songjiang, China. The expansion in China is part of the manufacturer's strategic investment in Engineered Polymers, totaling nearly $ 80 million across the globe.

Lubrizol announced ongoing investments in its Engineered Polymers thermoplastics polyurethane (TPU) business around the globe. The company expects that a rebounding global economy leads to an increasing demand for their products used in infrastructure and technology investments.

Jacobs has been selected to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for Lubrizol’s new Polyisobutylene (PIB) unit in Deer Park, Texas.

In conjunction with its previously announced technology license agreement with Daelim Industrial, Lubrizol has begun construction of a new polyisobutylene (PIB) unit at its Deer Park, Texas facility.

The Lubrizol Corporation has opened a chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC) compounding plant in Dahej, India. This opening represents the culmination of Lubrizol's latest industry leading investments in its global expansion of the company's Flow Guard, Blaze Master and Corzan compound manufacturing sites.

Lubrizol has acquired EcoQuimica Industria e Comercio Produtos Quimica, a manufacturer and supplier of coatings technology for products sold into decorative paints, textiles, cement, elastomeric coatings and paper coatings.

The Lubrizol Corporation has announced the groundbreaking for a new TempRite chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC) compounding plant in Dahej. Construction of this plant is an integral component of the company's previously announced US $ 400 million global expansion of its resin and compounding manufacturing capacity.

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