Mitsui plans restart at Chiba EPDM lines

14 October 2008 08:54  [Source: ICIS news]

SHANGHAI (ICIS news)--Mitsui Chemicals is planning to restart two ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) rubber lines in Chiba, Japan, in late October, said a company source on Tuesday.

The two-line EPDM plant, with a total capacity of 45,000 tonnes/year, was shut down in early October for a scheduled turnaround, added the source.

Mitsui Chemicals’ other 75,000 tonne/year EPDM rubber plant at the site, which was started up last October, is operating normally, the source said.

The plant is the world’s largest single EPDM facility.

Vivien Lu from CBI contributed to this article

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