Mitsui opens second Singapore elastomer plant

ERJ staff report (RD)

Singapore -- Mitsui Chemicals Inc. has officially opened its second plant in Singapore for the production of its olefin elastomer Tafmer, a 13 July company statement said.

The plant, which began full-scale commercial operations in March, will have an annual operating capacity of 100 000 tonnes, bringing total annual Tafmer production capacity to 200 000 tonnes, the statement said.

The plant's opening ceremony welcomed leading Singapore government officials, including minister Lim Hng Kiang of the Ministry of Trade and Industry Singapore and chairman Leo Yip of the Singapore Economic Development Board, Mitsui said.

The plant, "incorporates MCI's unrivaled technologies in polymer design, metallocene catalysts, and production processes into a world-class, state-of-the-art production facility with an annual operating capacity of 100,000 tons. This new and strategically important production base will further strengthen the company's platform as a global provider of high performance elastomers," said the company.

The Tafmer product line is a group of flexible and lightweight olefin elastomers for a number of applications that improve impact resistance and heat sealing properties of materials when blended with thermoplastic resins, the statement said.

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Press release from Mitsui Chemicals Inc.