Baling Petrochem to launch SEBS material
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hunan, China - Baling Petrochemical has commissioned a 20 kt/year SEBS production unit. A report on the CRIA website names the material as SEPS, but the text goes on to describe SEBS. The report says the factory has been audited by Sinopec, China's State-owned chemicals business.
The report says global capacity for "SEPS" is around 130,000 tonnes and claims three companies worldwide can make the material. Chinese demand is around 30kt/year, according to the report.
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News story from CRIA (Chinese language)
Above story auto-translated (from Chinese language)
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