MOSCOW (MRC) -- Korean petrochemical company SK Global Chemical has scheduled a maintenance turnaround at its linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) plant next year, as per Apic-online.
A Polymerupdate source in South Korea informed that the plant is planned to be shut in September-October 2016. It is likely to remain off-stream for around 40 days.
Located in Ulsan, South Korea, the No.1 LLDPE plant has a production capacity of 210,000 mt/year.
As MRC wrote before, in October 2015, SABIC and South SK Global Chemical inaugurated a new industrial plant to manufacture a range of high-performance polyethylene products using the cutting-edge Nexlene Solution Technology. The 50-50 joint venture holding company, SABIC SK Nexlene Company (SSNC) was established last July and is headquartered in Singapore. Its wholly-owned subsidiary, Korea Nexlene Company (KNC), owns the plant in Ulsan, which has an annual capacity of 230,000 tons. The aggregate purchase price for the technology and plant is approximately USD 640 million.
SK Global Chemical is a pioneering petrochemical company in Korea, being the first in the country to build a naphtha cracking facility in 1972. Through continuous facility investment, R&D and technological improvement, the company has maintained its position as the leader of the petrochemical industry in Korea.
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