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TPC expanding polyisobutylene

October 2, 2006 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 84, Issue 40

Texas Petrochemicals is building a polyisobutylene plant at its Houston complex that will more than double its current capacity of 65,000 metric tons per year by mid-2008. The company says there is strong growth for polyisobutylene in lube additives and industrial markets. Texas Petrochemicals entered the polyisobutylene market in 2000 with a proprietary manufacturing process and says it has since doubled capacity.

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