Chinese firm begins building yarn factory in Vietnam

(Fibre2fashion) -- Tongsuh Petrochemical, based in South Korean, will begin commercial production of a new line at its Acrylonitrile (ACN) plant in January 2013. Tongsuh is adding line No.4 at its Ulsan based ACN plant, which will have a production capacity of 245,000 tons per year.

Tongsuh has an ACN capacity of 315,000 tons per annum and with the addition of the new ACN line in 2013 will reach 560,000 tons per year.

Acrylonitrile is a chemical compound which is used for the manufacture of useful plastics.
Acrylonitrile is used principally as a monomer to prepare polyacrylonitrile, a homopolymer, or several important copolymers such as styrene-acrylonitrile (SAN), acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), acrylonitrile styrene acrylate (ASA) and other synthetic rubbers such as acrylonitrile butadiene (NBR).
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MOSCOW (MRC) – In H1 the imports of linear polyethylene (LLDPE) to Russia amounted to about 74,300 tonnes. The imports volumes are rising due to the reduction of the output by Russian producers, while the market capacity remained the same from the last year, according to MRC analysts.

In June, the imports of LLDPE to Russia increased to 14,800 tonnes, up 19% from May. In general, over the first six months of this year, the total import volume of LLDPE to the Russian market amounted to about 74,300 tonnes, up 18% compared to the same period a year ago.

Such a dynamic growth of LLDPE imports resulted from insufficient production volumes of Russian producers. Stavrolen’s force majeure in last December, made Nizhnekamskneftekhim actually the single Russian maker of LLDPE focus on the production of low pressure polyethylene. As a result, the output fell nearly twofold this year.

In general, over the first half of this year, the capacity of Russian LLDPE market remained at the same level from the last year and reached about 89,000 tonnes. The demand in key sectors of consumption (shrinkable film, blow moulding film, rotor forming, injection moulding, and cable extrusion) continues to grow, but not as dynamic as during last years. The only exception made the market of lamination films where, on the contrary, the demand declined.


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MOSCOW (Market Report) – Due to the lack of phthalic anhydride Roshalsky plant of plasticizers had to shut down its DOF plasticizer production in mid-June. There are still problems of anhydride supply and the plant is going to change the dates of its return to production again, report MRC analysts.

In mid-June Roshalsky plant of plasticizers had to stop its production due to the lack of phthalic anhydride. It was expected that the plant would have fully resumed its anhydride supply by mid-July and would launch its DOF plasticizer production starting from July 15.

However, supply problems are not settled yet and Roshalsky plant of plasticizers has to postpone the dates of its return to production. It is expected that DOF production will have been resumed by the middle of next week (July 18-19).

At present there is deficit in the Russian market of DOF. Sport offers for considerable volumes of plasticizer reach the level of Rb88,000-90,000/tonne, including VAT and delivery.

Small volumes of South-Korean DOF were offered on average at Rb88,000/tonne, including VAT, FCA St.-Petersburg.
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