DATE : 2014-07-24

 

Japan’s Mitsubishi Rayon Co (MRC) has shut its 55,000 tonne/year No 1 butane-based methyl methacrylate (MMA) lines in Otake for a scheduled turnaround earlier in the week, a company source said on Thursday.

 

The turnaround is expected to be completed by early August, the source added.

 

MRC’s currently has another 55,000 tonne/year butane-based No 2 MMA line and 107,000 tonne/year acetone cyanohydrin-based MMA line at the same site.

 

SOURCE Icis News