Sumitomo Chemical said it has decided to construct a new 40,000-t/y solution styrene butadiene rubber (S-SBR) facility at Jurong Island, Singapore.
The project, being built to meet the "rapid demand growth" in Asia, is expected to start commercial operations in the fourth quarter of 2013 and will use Sumitomo's technology.
Sumitomo chose Singapore as the location of the new plant "because of its geographic advantage in supplying the growing Asian markets and a secured stable supply of the raw material butadiene, which is likely in tight supply, as well as easy access to existing businesses of the Sumitomo Chemical Group in Singapore that can be leveraged effectively."
The project, being built to meet the "rapid demand growth" in Asia, is expected to start commercial operations in the fourth quarter of 2013 and will use Sumitomo's technology.
Sumitomo chose Singapore as the location of the new plant "because of its geographic advantage in supplying the growing Asian markets and a secured stable supply of the raw material butadiene, which is likely in tight supply, as well as easy access to existing businesses of the Sumitomo Chemical Group in Singapore that can be leveraged effectively."
