Malaysia’s BASF-Petronas to shut acrylates for turnaround
26 January 2010 06:31 [Source: ICIS news]
SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--Malaysia’s BASF-Petronas plans to shut its 160,000 tonne/year crude acrylic acid (CAA) plant in mid-February for scheduled turnaround, market sources said on Tuesday.
The acrylates plant located in Kuantan would be shut for a period of 3 to 4 weeks, market sources said.
The acrylates facility produces 75,000 tonnes/year of glacial acrylic acid (GAA), 100,000 tonnes/year of butyl acrylate (BA) and 60,000 tonnes/year of 2-ethyl hexanol acrylate (2EH-A).
Other acrylates producers in the region include Taiwan’s Formosa Plastics, South Korea’s LG Chem and Japan’s Nippon Shokubai.
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