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(ICIS) -- Polimeri Europa plans to restart
its 200 KTa low density polyethylene (LDPE) line at Dunkirk, France, following a prolonged
shutdown that began at the end of August 2010, a company source said on
Wednesday. With its new tubular reactor, the line is expected to be back on
stream soon, the source said.
Polimeri Europa shut down the Dunkirk PE site for a two-month planned maintenance project in
August last year.
While the site's 140 KTa linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) plant came back on line in November, the LDPE
line has remained out of action and attempts to restart it have been
unsuccessful.
The company declared force majeure in January, and this is expected to
remain in place until a sustainable stock level is built, the source said.
The effects of the permanent closures of several older autoclave units in
Europe in 2009 have made LDPE availability tight in recent months, and prices
have risen to record-high levels.
mrcplast.com
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