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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Polymir (Novopolotsk,
Belarus), part of JSC "Naftan", has resumed its production of low density
polyethylene (LDPE) after shutdown for a scheduled turnaround, according to ICIS-MRC Price
report.
The plant"s customers said Polymir resumed production at its
second LDPE line (158 grade) on 13 November after a long scheduled maintenance.
The outage began in late September and was originally planned for 20 days. The
second line"s annual production capacity is 65,000 tonnes.
As MRC
reported earlier, the first line (workshops No.101 and 102) was taken off-stream
for maintenance on 3 May, 2018, and the outage lasted slightly more than two
weeks.
Polymir (part of Naftan) is Belarus" largest petrochemical
company, producing a wide range of chemical products, such as low density
polyethylene (LDPE), acrylic fibres, products of organic synthesis, hydrocarbon
fractions, etc. Polymir was founded in 1968. The producer uses technologies of
the largest foreign companies from Great Britain, Japan, Germany, Italy
(Courtaulds, Asahi Chemical Co. Ltd, Kanematsu Gosho, SNIA BPD, etc.), as well
as the developments of scientific research institutes and design institutes of
the CIS countries. The plant"s annual production capacity is 130,000
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