BASF TO SHUT ANTWERP ETHYLBENZENE,STYRENE AND PS UNITS IN SEPTEMBER

摘要

BASF will shut its ethylbenzene (EB),styrene and polystyrene (PS) units in Antwerp,Belgium,for the whole of September,a company official said. Shutdown of the 890 000 tonne/year EB plant and 500 000 tonne/year styrene unit is for the site's major inspection,done once every four years.Operating rates will be reduced from the end of August.