UNITED KINGDOM: Zeon confirms closure of UK synthetic rubber site
Zeon Chemicals Europe Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Zeon Corp., confirmed it will end synthetic rubber production at its Sully, UK, site.
The site will be closed by the end of March 2016, due to the uncertainty in long term availability and supply of raw materials to the site, as well as changing market conditions, Zeon explained.
Capacity of the facility was not available.
Source: Weekly “PetroChemical News”, Durham, NC, USA; 7 Dec 2015
(Syed Rashid Ali, Karachi, Pakistan)
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