ABS plant to be taken off-stream by Styrolution for debottlenecking

Styrolution is in plans to shut an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) plant for debottlenecking.

A Polymerupdate source in Belgium informed that the plant is planned to be shut in September 2015. It is likely to remain off-stream for around one month.

Located in Antwerp, Belgium, the capacity of the plant is planned to be ramped from 260,000 mt/year to 280,000 mt/year.