RELEASED ON 22/02/13 (DD/MM/YY)

NS Styrene Monomer Co. Ltd, a joint venture between Nippon Steel Chemical (51%) and Showa Denko (49%), is likely to shut operations at its No.3 styrene monomer (SM) plant.

According to a Polymerupdate source in Japan, the plant will resume operations on February 22/23, 2013. It was taken offstream for a maintenance turnaround on February 3, 2013.

Located at Oita in Japan, the No. 3 SM plant has a production capacity of 240,000 mt/year.

SOURCE Polymer Update