DATE : 2014-07-08
Japan’s Idemitsu Kosan Co on Tuesday shut its 210,000 tonne/year styrene monomer (SM) unit in Chiba because of unspecified production issues, according to market sources.
|It is not immediately known when the company will restart the unit.
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The company could not be reached for comment.
The company also operates a 120,000 tonne/year and 220,000 tonne/year SM units in Tokuyama.
Other Japanese SM producers include Asahi Kasei Chemical, Nippon Steel Chemical and Denka.
SOURCE Icis News