MOSCOW (МRC) -- Nizhnekamskneftehim ( NKNKh ), Russia's largest producer of plastics and synthetic rubbers , on 14 April launched its 50,000 tonne/year fourth line of polystyrene (PS) production, the company said.
The new line will produce 13 grades of PS, seven of them are of general grades, six other additional grades intended for processing by injection moulding, extrusion and expanding. Production will be based on Japanese Toyo-Mitsui technology. The new line will allow NKNKh to increase PS production and expand the product line. Construction of the fourth line was launched in the first quarter of 2013, pre-commissioning works began in December 2013.
NKNKh launched its 50,000 tonne/year first PS line in July 2003. The second line of the same capacity was launched in July 2005. Third PS line of 50,000 tonne/year capacity started in 2008. The producer launched production of acrylonitrile -butadiene-styrene ( ABS) plastics with the capacity of 60,000 tonnes/year in 2013.
OAO Nizhnekamskneftekhim – one of the largest petrochemical companies in Europe, the leader in the production of synthetic rubbers and plastics in the Russian Federation. The Company is part of TAIF Group. The main production facilities are located in the city of Nizhnekamsk, Republic of Tatarstan. The company was founded in 1967.
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