JAPAN: Mitsui's Sun Alloys subsidiary starts up new Milastomer line at Chiba facility
Mitsui Chemicals' wholly-owned Sun Alloys subsidiary has started up a new line for Milastomer brand thermoplastic olefinic elastomers in Chiba, Japan.
The new 5,000 t/y line will increase the company's domestic Milastomer production capacity to 25,000 t/y. The line was added to respond to an upswing in demand for the product.
Source: Weekly “PetroChemical News”, Durham, NC, USA; 9 Oct 2017
(Syed Rashid Ali, Karachi, Pakistan)
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