RELEASED ON 05/03/13 (DD/MM/YY)
Mitsui Chemicals is looking into the establishment of a second production base for hydroquinone as part of its business-continuity planning. In April 2012, an explosion and fire in the company's Iwakuni-Ohtake works in Yamaguchi Prefecture resulted in the suspension of operation of three production plants, including an 11,500-t/y one for hydroquinone that was restarted in January.
The most likely locations for the new plant are those with local production of phenol feedstock to enable a competitive integrated production setup. One is Singapore, the site of subsidiary Mitsui Phenols Singapore. Another is Shanghai, China, the site of Shanghai Sinopec Mitsui Chemicals, a joint venture with China Petroleum and Chemical, and the third is Chiba Prefecture in Japan, the site of Mitsui Chemicals' Ichihara works.
After the accident, Mitsui shelved a study on the building of a hydroquinone plant in Singapore that it had been conducting to cater to rising demand for hydroquinone as a polymerization retarder for acrylonitrile, methyl methacrylate and acrylic acid.
SOURCE Japan Chemical Web
Mitsui Chemicals is looking into the establishment of a second production base for hydroquinone as part of its business-continuity planning. In April 2012, an explosion and fire in the company's Iwakuni-Ohtake works in Yamaguchi Prefecture resulted in the suspension of operation of three production plants, including an 11,500-t/y one for hydroquinone that was restarted in January.
The most likely locations for the new plant are those with local production of phenol feedstock to enable a competitive integrated production setup. One is Singapore, the site of subsidiary Mitsui Phenols Singapore. Another is Shanghai, China, the site of Shanghai Sinopec Mitsui Chemicals, a joint venture with China Petroleum and Chemical, and the third is Chiba Prefecture in Japan, the site of Mitsui Chemicals' Ichihara works.
After the accident, Mitsui shelved a study on the building of a hydroquinone plant in Singapore that it had been conducting to cater to rising demand for hydroquinone as a polymerization retarder for acrylonitrile, methyl methacrylate and acrylic acid.
SOURCE Japan Chemical Web