(Reuters) -- Japan's Sumitomo Chemical
Co said it started maintenance work as planned on Thursday at its sole naphtha
cracker in Chiba, near Tokyo. Maintenance work on the cracker, with ethylene
production capacity of 380 KTa, is due to finish on Oct. 17.
Mitsubishi Chemical Co separately said the No.2 453 KTa naphtha cracker
at its Kashima plant, north of Tokyo, entered regular maintenance on Aug. 30, as
planned. The turnaround is due to end in mid-October, a company spokesman
said.
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