12-05-2025

Univation Technologies announces the next-generation of the UNIPOL™ PE process platform

Univation Technologies, LLC announces the next-generation of the UNIPOL™ PE Process platform with its newest world-scale licensed capacity offering of an 800,000 tonnes per year design. This significant advancement builds upon Univation's long-standing history and leadership position delivering large capacity lines that provide superior economy-of-scale benefits. In addition to investment advantages, the 800,000 tonnes per year design maintains excellent polyethylene resin product flexibility including capability for the manufacture of unimodal high-density polyethylene (HDPE), bimodal high-density polyethylene (bHDPE), linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE), and metallocene PE (mPE) resin products.

This increased nameplate capacity represents a substantial leap forward in world-scale design for the UNIPOL™ PE Process and significantly exceeds Univation's previous world-scale nameplate capacity of 650,000 tonnes per year.

This new licensed process design package is immediately available from Univation Technologies and delivers significant advantages for polyethylene producers seeking to build a new PE plant.

- Increased Production Capability: Achieve substantially higher output compared to previous generation technologies.

- Flexible Production Platform: Produce a wide range of unimodal and bimodal HDPE, LLDPE, and metallocene PE resin products offered by Univation Technologies.

- Cost-Effective Operations: Benefit from economies-of-scale contributions towards lower capital investment costs per tonne of PE resin produced.

- Proven PE Process Technology: Leverage the reliability and performance of the well-proven UNIPOL™ PE Process Technology platform with an over 55-year track record of successful start-ups and demonstrated top-tier operations.

- Compatible with Univation's PE Catalyst Offering: Suitable for Univation's conventional and advanced catalyst offerings including PRODIGY™ Bimodal Catalysts, ACCLAIM™ Unimodal Catalysts, and XCAT™ Metallocene PE Catalysts.

- Operations Enhanced with Advanced Process Control: Univation's PREMIER™ APC+ 3.0 Process Control platform further boosts the operational performance of the world-scale plant design including enhancements to raw material efficiency, production rate maximization, and on-spec production.

Nathan J. Wiker, president of Univation Technologies, commented, "With cracker complexes becoming ever larger, the development of this technology breakthrough responds to the industry's clear demand for larger production capacities by offering improved configuration options while building on the already proven significant capital and operating cost efficiencies and product flexibility of the UNIPOL™ PE Process." Nathan Wiker continued, "The 800,000 tonnes/year design for the UNIPOL™ PE Process represents not only a significant increase in scale, but it is also tangible evidence of Univation's long-standing commitment to leading innovation within the polyethylene industry."