MOSCOW (MRC) - Tomskneftekhim (TNKhK), a subsidiary of SIBUR and one of the largest Russian producers of polymers, resumed production of low density polyethylene (LDPE), the company's customers reported.
TNKhK by Monday, 25 July resumed production of LDPE after a long shutdown for repairs. The producer shut capacities for scheduled maintenances in the third week of June. TNKhK began production of polypropylene (PP) after scheduled maintenance at the end of last week.
During the turnaround producer also plans to complete the last stage of the modernisation of LDPE production, which involves increasing capacity by 30,000 tonnes/year -. to 270,000 tonnes/year. The total volume of investments in modernisation amounted to almost 11 billion roubles.
The producer finished modernisation of PP production in 2015, having increased plant capacity from 130,000 to 140,000 tonnes/year.
Tomskneftekhim LLC is a subsidiary of SIBUR and one of the largest Russian producers of polymers - polypropylene and low density polyethylene. The capacity for Tomskneftekhim's production of LDPE is 240,000 tonnes/year, PP production is 140,000 tonnes/year, ethylene production 300 tonnes/year.
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