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Work starts on Mitsui plant.(Mitsui Elastomers Singapore Pte Ltd starts building elastomer plant)(Brief Article)
European Rubber Journal, November, 2001
Osaka, Japan--Mitsui Elastomers Singapore Pte Ltd (MELS), a subsidiary of Mitsui Chemical Inc. held a groundbreaking ceremony on 20 Sept for its new $100-million Tafmer elastomer plant on Jurong Island, Singapore.
When completed in December 2002, the plant will have a production capacity of 100 kilotonnes per annum, raising MCI's total Tafmer capacity to 200 ktpa. The facility is due to start commercial operation in April 2003.
Based on ethylene-alpha olefin copolymers, Tafmer elastomers are used principally as modifiers to improve the impact strength and flexibility of polyethylene and polypropylene.
The products also provide lightweight, flexible moulding material, according to MCI, which claims to be no 1 supplier of high-performance...
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