LyondellBasell New-generation PP Resin Selected for Rainwater Management System at Berlin Airport

LyondellBasell’s Hostalen PP N2122 resin is being used to produce infiltration pipes for the rainwater management system at the new Berlin-Brandenburg International (BBI) Airport, one of Europe’s largest currently under construction.

The airport’s rainwater management system is being installed by Wavin, a leading plastic pipe producer in Europe. The company’s Q-Bic rainwater management system is an alternative technological solution to the trench-based soakaway systems that were originally requested for the project. According to Wavin sales manager Bernhard Pieper, LyondellBasell’s Hostalen PP N2122 resin was selected to produce the 19,000 Q-Bic individual infiltration units required for the project “because it is the first grade we’ve seen that offers sufficient flow properties, good impact strength and outstanding long-term creep resistance required for our systems.”

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