China’s SSMC restarts BPA plant, operates at 60-70%
17 August 2009 09:24 [Source: ICIS news]
SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--China’s Shanghai Sinopec Mitsui Chemicals (SSMC) has restarted its 120,000 tonne/year bisphenol A (BPA) plant in Shanghai Chemicals Industrial Park on Monday, a company source said.
"We have restarted our plant today, and we are currently operating at 60-70% of our capacity," the source said in Mandarin.
The company had resolved the technical issues, which had been affecting the plant since the beginning of this year, the source added.
The plant was shut on 25 May for a turnaround, although its late-June restart had been delayed due to unspecified technical difficulties.
The company is a 50:50 joint venture (JV) between Japan’s Mitsui Chemicals and China’s largest petrochemical producer, Sinopec Corp.
Other BPA plants in China include Kingboard Chemicals, Bayer and Blue Star New Chemical Materials.
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