DATE : 2014-01-16

Asahi Kasei is in plans to take off-stream its No.3 styrene monomer (SM) plant for maintenance turnaround.

A Polymerupdate source in Japan informed that the plant is likely to be taken off-stream in early March 2014. It is likely to remain off-stream till early April 2014.

Located in Mizushima, Japan, the plant has a production capacity of 390,000 mt/year.

SOURCE PolymerUpdate