MOSCOW (MRC) -- Japan's Mitsui Chemicals Inc's wholly-owned unit Osaka Petrochemical Industries Ltd shut the 500,000 tpa naphtha cracker at its Osaka plant in western Japan on Wednesday, as per Reuters.
The shutdown was for a previously scheduled maintenance.
The shutdown is not part of any government-mandated planned maintenance but for cleaning and other production adjustment purposes to coincide with maintenance of some other related units, a company spokesman said.
As MRC informed earlier, Mitsui Chemicals, announced its expansion plan of its high performance nonwoven facilities at its Nagoya works plant, Japan to foster a more stable supply of high performance nonwoven fabrics for premium diaper manufacturers.
Mitsui Chemicals is a leading manufacturer and supplier of value added specialty chemicals, plastics and materials for the automotive, healthcare, packaging, agricultural, building, and semiconductor and electronics markets. Mitsui Chemicals is a Japanese Chemicals company, a part of the Mitsui conglomerate. The company has a turnover of around 15 billion USD and has business interests in Japan, Europe, China, Southeast Asia and the USA. The company mainly deals in performance materials, petro and basic chemicals and functional polymeric materials.
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