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Mumbai May 16 Reliance Petroleum Ltd has chosen the UNIPOL PP process of Dow Global Technologies for its 9 lakh tonnes-per-annum polypropylene (PP) production facility, according to a statement from the Dow group.

Dow Global Technologies is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company.

The facility will be built at a special economic zone adjacent to the Jamnagar complex of Reliance Petroleum.

The plant will have two reactor lines, each with a capacity of 450 kilo tonnes per annum.

Start-up is scheduled in December 2008, the statement added. Reliance Industries currently operates four UNIPOL PP Process lines at its Jamnagar complex and two at its Hazira complex.

The company is the largest producer of polypropylene in Asia. The new facility will produce a full range of homopolymers to cater to growing markets in Asia.

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