RELEASED ON 07/02/13 (DD/MM/YY)

Bangkok Synthetics will be starting a new solution-styrene butadiene runner (SSBR) plant in Thailand.

A Polymerupdate source in Thailand informed that the SSBR plant will start production in mid-2013. It will be built jointly with JSR Corp, Japan.

To be located in Map Ta Phut, Thailand, the S-SBR plant will have a production capacity of 50,000 mt/year.

SOURCE Polymer Update