RELEASED ON 11/03/13 (DD/MM/YY)

Samsung Total is in plans to shut a styrene monomer (SM) plant for a maintenance turnaround.

A Polymerupdate source in South Korea informed that the plant is expected to shut in April 2013. It will remain off-stream for around two weeks.

Located in Daesan, South Korea, the plant has a production capacity of 280,000 mt/year.

SOURCE Polymer Update