Mitsui starts up new elastomers unit

Tokyo – Mitsui Chemicals Inc. has started up a new 5,000 tonnes/annum production line for its Milastomer thermoplastic olefinic elastomers.

The expansion at the facility operated by Chiba-based subsidiary Sun Alloys Co. Ltd is in response to an upswing in demand for thermoplastic olefinic elastomers, Mitsui said..

The launch of operations at the facility on 1 Oct will increase Sun Alloys’ annual domestic production capacity to 25,000 tonnes. The figure, stated Mitsui, covers “capacity for cross-linked elastomers and…