17 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
San Donato Milanese, Italy -- Polimeri Europa and Novamont have established a new JV named Matrica SpA with plans to convert Polimeri's chemical complex in Porto Torres (Sardinia, Italy) to bio feedstocks, from petro feedstocks. Polimeri's nitrile rubber facility at the Porto Torres unit will be the sole petro-based unit to remain at the site.
With a total investment of 500 million Euro, the project consists of seven new plants - an integrated production chain from vegetable oil to bio-plastics - to be completed within the next six years, and a research center devoted to bio-chemistry that will be operative in the next quarter.
Polimeri Europa will convert the Porto Torres production from traditional fossil into bio-based productions: all the traditional chemical plants at the site with the exception of nitrilic rubbers NBR will be shut down, creating an available skilled workforce and facilities for the new project.
When it becomes operative (2015-2016) the total number of jobs at the site in Porto Torres will increase by 100, from 582 currently, to 685.
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Press release from Eni
Press release from Novamont (Italian language) gives more detail
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