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Lotte Chemical shuts MEG plant for maintenance turnaround

14 Apr '15
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Lotte Chemical, a member of South Korea’s Lotte Group, has shut its No. 2 monoethylene glycol (MEG) plant for maintenance turnaround.
 
“The Yeosu-based No. 2 MEG plant was shut on April 6 for maintenance turnaround,” a company official told fibre2fashion.
 
“The plant is likely to remain shut till April 25, 2015,” the official further informed.
 
The No.2 MEG plant has production capacity of 120,000 tons per year.
 
Lotte Chemical is a leading manufacturer of petrochemical products, such as ethylene, propylene, butadiene, polyethylene, polypropylene, ethylene oxide/glycol, compound resin, polyethylene terephthalate, polycarbonate, methyl methacrylate, ethylene oxide derivatives, benzene, toluene, mixed xylene, purified terephthalic acid and purified isophthalic acid, among others, which are supplied to 152 countries.
 

Fibre2fashion News Desk - India

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