MOSCOW (MRC) -- Showa Denko has shut a vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) plant for a maintenance turnaround, as per Apic-online.
A Polymerupdate source in Japan informed that the plant was taken off-stream on February 19, 2016. It is slated to remain under maintenance until end-March 2016.
Located in Oita, Japan, the plant has a production capacity of 175,000 mt/year.
As MRC wrote before, Showa Denko (SDK) has decided to establish a new production site for thermosetting bulk molding compound (BMC) in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, China, jointly with Eternal Materials Co., Ltd., a synthetic resin manufacturer based in Taiwan. BMC is a thermosetting bulk molding compound made from unsaturated polyester resin as main component, kneaded together with glass fiber and other additives. BMC is used as headlamp reflectors and engine covers for car applications, and encapsulation material for home electrical appliances and precision parts.
Showa Denko K.K. is mainly engaged in the petrochemical business. The Petrochemical segment manufactures and sells olefin, organic chemicals and others. The Chemical Product segment supplies chemicals, industrial gases, special gas and functional drug for semiconductors, functional high molecular materials, among others.
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