Released on 17/12/12

Korea Kumho Petrochemical Co. (KKPC) is likely to shut operations at its acrylonitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) plant.

Located at Ulsan in South Korea, the NBR plant has a production capacity of 80,000 mt/year.

The plant, according to a Polymerupdate source in South Korea, will be taken off-stream on December 17, 2012, owing to weak market demand and will remain shut for around one month.

Source PolymerUpdate