DATE : 2014-09-01
Japan’s Idemitsu Kosan Co plans to restart its styrene monomer (SM) units in Tokuyama in October, after shutting them late last week for maintenance, a company source said.
The units, with capacities of 120,000 tonnes/year and 220,000 tonnes/year respectively, are scheduled to restart around the middle of October, the source said.
“The units should be running well by 20 October,” the source added.
The company operates a separate 210,000 tonne/year SM unit in Chiba.
Other producers of SM in Japan include Asahi Kasei Chemical, Taiyo Petrochemical and Denka.
SOURCE Icis News