DATE : 2013-July-12
Japan’s Asahi Kasei Co plans to shut both its Styrene monomer (SM) units in February 2014 for maintenance during the turnaround of its cracker, a company source said.
The company’s 320,000 tonne/year No.2 facility, located in Mizushima, is scheduled to shut in mid-February for a two-month maintenance.
Its 390,000 tonne/year No.3 unit at the same location is expected to be taken offline in late February and will likely restart in early April, the source added.
The company’s 150,000 tonne/year No. 1 SM plant was mothballed in 2007.
Other Japanese SM producers include Idemitsu Kosan, Denka and Nippon Steel Chemicals.
SOURCE Icis News
Japan’s Asahi Kasei Co plans to shut both its Styrene monomer (SM) units in February 2014 for maintenance during the turnaround of its cracker, a company source said.
The company’s 320,000 tonne/year No.2 facility, located in Mizushima, is scheduled to shut in mid-February for a two-month maintenance.
Its 390,000 tonne/year No.3 unit at the same location is expected to be taken offline in late February and will likely restart in early April, the source added.
The company’s 150,000 tonne/year No. 1 SM plant was mothballed in 2007.
Other Japanese SM producers include Idemitsu Kosan, Denka and Nippon Steel Chemicals.
SOURCE Icis News