MOSCOW (MRC) -- Tomskneftekhim (TNKhK), a subsidiary of SIBUR and one of the largest Russian producers of polymers - polypropylene (PP) and high density polyethylene (LDPE), has resumed its production after shutdown for a scheduled maintenance, according to ICS-MRC Price report.
The plant's customers said Tomskneftekhim had resumed operations at its LDPE and PP production capacities by 20 September after a short scheduled turnaround. The outage lasted for less than two weeks.
It is also worth noting that Poliom plans to restart its PP production by the end of this week after a two-week scheduled maintenance.
According to MRC's data, Tomskneftekhim's overall output of polyethylene (PE) and PP was 177,600 tonnes and 99,300 tonnes, respectively, in the first eight months of 2019, compared to 153,500 tonnes and 91,800 tonnes a year earlier.
Tomskneftekhim, LLC, was established in July 2003 on the basis of Tomsk enterprises - CJSC "Metanol", OJSC "Plant Benzol", OJSC "Tomsk Petrochemical Plant", OJSC "Tomsk Petrochemical Enterprise". Tomskneftekhim is a subsidiary of SIBUR and one of the largest Russian producers of polymers - PP and LDPE. The capacity for Tomskneftekhim's production of LDPE is 240,000 tonnes/year and production of PP - 140,000 tonnes/year.
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