MOSCOW (MRC) -- PTT Global Chemical (PTTGC) is expected to shut its high density polyethylene (HDPE) plant, according to Apic-online.
A Polymerupdate source in Thailand informed that the company is likely to shut the plant in February/March 2018, for a maintenance turnaround. The plant is expected to remain offline for around 2 weeks.
Located at Map Ta Phut in Thailand, the HDPE plant has a production capacity of 250,000 mt/year.
As MRC reported earlier, PTT is on track to start commercial operations at its new 400,000 mt/year metallocene C6 linear low density polyethylene plant at Map Ta Phut, Thailand, in the first quarter of 2018.
PTT Global Chemical is a leading player in the petrochemical industry and owns several petrochemical facilities with a combined capacity of 8.45 million tonnes a year.
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