RELEASED ON 14/03/13 (DD/MM/YY)
Ascend Performance Materials will close half of its Chocolate Bayou acrylonitrile (ACN) plant near Alvin, Texas, for maintenance beginning in late March, market sources said on Thursday.
The plant will be closed for "more than four weeks," market sources said.
This is a planned turnaround at the plant that produces about 500,000 tonnes/year of ACN.
About 250,000 tonnes/year of capacity will be affected, market sources said.
Headquartered in Houston, Ascend produces ACN as well as nylon 6,6 and several other petrochemicals.
SOURCE ICIS News - For internal use only
Ascend Performance Materials will close half of its Chocolate Bayou acrylonitrile (ACN) plant near Alvin, Texas, for maintenance beginning in late March, market sources said on Thursday.
The plant will be closed for "more than four weeks," market sources said.
This is a planned turnaround at the plant that produces about 500,000 tonnes/year of ACN.
About 250,000 tonnes/year of capacity will be affected, market sources said.
Headquartered in Houston, Ascend produces ACN as well as nylon 6,6 and several other petrochemicals.
SOURCE ICIS News - For internal use only