DATE : 2014-10-03
Thai MMA is expected to shut down its No 2 methyl methacrylate (MMA) line in Map Ta Phut around mid-November for maintenance, a company source said on Friday.
The 90,000 tonne/year MMA line will be offline for approximately two weeks, the source added.
Thai MMA has another MMA line at the site, with a nameplate capacity of 90,000 tonnes/year.
The company is a joint venture between Japan's Mitsubishi Rayon Corp (MRC) and Thailand's Siam Cement Group.
SOURCE Icis News
DATE : 2014-10-02
South Korean producer LG MMA Corp restarted its 50,000 tonne/year No 2 methyl methacrylate (MMA) line in Yeosu earlier this week after the completion of scheduled maintenance, a company source said on Thursday. The No 2 MMA line was taken off line in mid-September for approximately 20 days.
The 50,000 tonne/year No 1 line and 76,000 tonne/year No 3 line located at the same site will undergo a turnaround sometime around mid-October, the source said.
SOURCE Icis News
DATE : 2014-10-02
Russia-based major SIBUR will start planned maintenance at its butyl acrylate (butyl-A) facility, in Dzerzhinsk, on 6 October, a source from the company confirmed on Thursday.
The turnaround is scheduled to end on 17 October, the source added.
Sibur has the capacity to produce 34,000 tonnes/year of butyl-A at the facility, which is based in the eastern industrial area of Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod in Russia.
SOURCE Icis News
DATE : 2014-10-01
Taiwan Styrene Monomer Corp (TSMC) has extended the shutdown at its styrene monomer (SM) plant by another two weeks. A Polymerupdate source in Taiwan informed that plant was expected to remain off-stream for two week. It was shut on October 1, 2014 owing to technical issues.
Located at inYuan in Taiwan, the plant has a production capacity of 160,000 mt/year.
SOURCE PolymerUpdate
DATE : 2014-10-01
Taiyo Petrochemical has planned to restart its Styrene Monomer (SM) plant. A Polymerupdate source in Japan informed that the plant was is likely to resume production on October 1, 2014. The plant was taken off-stream on August 19, 2014 for a maintenance turnaround.
Located at Ube in Japan, the plant has a production capacity of 370,000 mt/year.
SOURCE PolymerUpdate
DATE : 2014-10-01
China’s Sinopec Great Wall Energy and Chemical Co plans to shut its new 450,000 tonne/year vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) plant in Yinchuan, in October to rectify mechanical issues, sources close to the company said late on Tuesday.
Sources said the VAM plant, along with its downstream 100,000 tonne/year polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) unit at the same site, will be shut during the National Day holiday for around one month. The exact dates of the outage were not disclosed. Separately, the company’s upstream 300,000 tonne/year acetic acid unit will be shut from 15 to 23 October.
The VAM plant commenced trial runs on 26 August and it is currently operating at a reduced 10% capacity, from the previous 40% capacity last week, sources added.
The plant initially ran at 20% in end-August after the trial runs, the sources said.
Market players were earlier expecting on-spec VAM to be available from the plant by the end of September.
SOURCE Icis News