Versalis Expands EPDM Rubber at Ferrara
Italian chemical producer Versalis is expanding capacity for EPDM rubber at its plant in Ferarra. When the expansion is completed in the second half of 2016, the subsidiary of oil and petrochemicals group Eni said fourth production unit will bring total capacity at the site to 130,000 t/y.
The company has awarded a €200 million engineering, procurement and construction contract for the plant expansion - which will go hand in hand with modernization of infrastructure - to Italian engineering firm Saipem, owned to 43% by Eni.
