Unexpected shutdowns at Lotte Chemical Titan
by ChemOrbis Editorial Team - content@chemorbis.com
As according to a source close to the company, a technical issue was reported from Lotte Chemical Titan which caused the sudden shutdown of the company’s HDPE (Unipol) plant at Pasir Gudang, Malaysia. The plant has a production capacity of 220,000tons /year of HDPE.
The sudden shutdown of the company’s HDPE (Unipol) plant took place last Thursday and if the plant failed to be restarted by the end of this week, the company plans to suspend export of HDPE particular film grade, commented the source.
Lotte Chemical Titan Malaysia will shut its 230,000 tons/year LDPE plant from February 6, 2017 to February 27, 2017 and within the same month, the company’s 1.08 million tons/year cracker will be offline for 45 days to be followed by 220,000 tons/year HDPE (Unipol) plant on March 2, 2017 for 15 days.
The sudden shutdown of the company’s HDPE (Unipol) plant took place last Thursday and if the plant failed to be restarted by the end of this week, the company plans to suspend export of HDPE particular film grade, commented the source.
Lotte Chemical Titan Malaysia will shut its 230,000 tons/year LDPE plant from February 6, 2017 to February 27, 2017 and within the same month, the company’s 1.08 million tons/year cracker will be offline for 45 days to be followed by 220,000 tons/year HDPE (Unipol) plant on March 2, 2017 for 15 days.
More free plastics news
Plastic resin (PP, LDPE, LLDPE ,HDPE, PVC, GPS; HIPS, PET, ABS) prices, polymer market trends, and more...- Türkiye PP, PE outlook for 2025: Q1 set for a firm footing, eyes on derivatives for a whole year
- Europe PVC outlook for 2025: Supply imbalance threatens price recovery targets
- India PP, PE outlook for 2025: Players eye brighter Q1 despite current bearishness
- Different pricing policies emerge in Europe’s PS, ABS markets in Dec
- Bearishness persists across China, SEA import PE markets as year-end nears
- PLAST EURASIA 2024: Shrinking margins emerge as a key topic among polymer players
- Lower parity, rising freight rates repel European polymer buyers from imports
- Asia’s PVC markets in further disarray as India puts off ADD hearing
- SE Asia’s import LDPE film prices hit over six-month low
- China’s PP, PE players diverge on demand; supply sparks shared concerns
