Zeon Delays SSBR Plant Start-up

:: 15 Apr  2013 ::

Singapore - Zeon Corp. said the start-up of its new solution styrene butadiene rubber (SSBR) plant on Singapore's Jurong Island will be delayed until September 2013 due to “unexpected site conditions."

The plant, having a capacity of between 30,000 t/y and 40,000 t/y of SSBR, is the first phase of a two-phase project that was scheduled to begin production in July of this year.  The second phase, for which a schedule has not been given, will double SSBR capacity.

Zeon explained the unexpected conditions were encountered during the construction of a stretch of public service tunnels that support Zeon's pipelines.

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