RELEASED ON 28/05/13 (DD/MM/YY)

Nihon Oxirane Co. is likely to take off-stream its styrene monomer (SM) plant for a maintenance turnaround.

A Polymerupdate source in Japan informed that the plant is planned to be taken off-stream in September 2013. It is expected to remain shut for around one month.

Located at Chiba in Japan, the SM plant has a production capacity of 420,000 mt/year.  

SOURCE Icis News