MOSCOW (MRC) -- Japan's Tosoh Corp is set to restart its 527,000 tpa naphtha cracker in Yokkaichi, central Japan after planned maintenance, as per sources in Reuters.
The cracker, which has been shut since March 8, had been expected to restart mid-April.
The company runs two low-density polyethylene (LDPE) lines with a combined production capacity of 56,000 mt/year and a 43,000 mt/year LDPE/ ethyl vinyl acetate (EVA) swing plant at the same site.
It also runs 120,000 mt/year high density polyethylene (HDPE) plant.
We remind that, as MRC wrote previously, Japan’s Asahi Kasei Chemicals shut its cracker permanently on Feb 12. The cracker in Mizushima had an ethylene capacity of 504,000 mt/year and a propylene capacity of 300,000 mt/year. Feedstock ethylene for its 390,000 mt/year of styrene monomer (SM) plant came from a new 750,000 mt/year steamcracker which is a joint venture between Asahi Kasei and Mitsubishi Chemical. The new unified cracker started up on April 1.
Tosoh is one of the largest chlor-alkali manufacturers in Asia. The company supplies the plastic resins and an array of the basic chemicals that support modern life. Tosoh's petrochemical operations supply ethylene, polymers, and polyethylene.
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