DATE : 2013-08-06

On 29 Sep 2012, an explosion and fire happened at the Himeji Plant of Nippon Shokubai Co Ltd. The accident caused one employee dead and others injured. The company had received an order to suspend operations of
the facilities of hazardous substances in the plant and several lift of restrictions. On 6 Jul 2013, Nippon Shokubai Co received another lift of restrictions for total 5 facilities including production facilities and outdoor tanks for public safety. This enables the company to restart one of the acrylic acid production facilities, which is different from the damaged facilities and production facilities for acrylates, methacrylic acid and special methacrylates, and to produce all kinds of products in the Himeji Plant.

SOURCE : Icis News