Malaysia’s Lotte Titan shut HDPE, LDPE plants
by ChemOrbis Editorial Team - content@chemorbis.com
According to sources close to the company, Malaysia’s Lotte Chemical Titan shut its 220,000 tons/year HDPE (Mitsui) plant on December 4 and its 230,000 tons/year LDPE plant on December 5 for planned maintenance . The plants are expected to restart on January 4, 2017 and December 11, 2016 respectively.
The sources also said that the company is planning to shut its 115,000 tons/year HDPE (Unipol) plant on March 2, 2017 for a scheduled maintenance until March 17, 2017.
The 230,000 tons/year LDPE plant is expected to undergo another planned maintenance from February 6, 2017 to February 27, 2017, sources said.
The sources also said that the company is planning to shut its 115,000 tons/year HDPE (Unipol) plant on March 2, 2017 for a scheduled maintenance until March 17, 2017.
The 230,000 tons/year LDPE plant is expected to undergo another planned maintenance from February 6, 2017 to February 27, 2017, sources said.
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