IMG_0600Kazakh “Company Petrochem LTD”, the only producer of polypropylene (PP) in the country, has stopped production of PP on preventive maintenance, a source in the company for the MRC.

LLP “Company Petrochem LTD” stopped production of polypropylene at the weekend 27-28 August due to the need to carry out maintenance work, said the company’s customers. Simple capacities will be quite long and will last approximately until October 18th.

Previously, the company Market Report reported that December 25, 2014 Petrochem LTD started production of polypropylene powder granulation. The project is worth 5.8 billion tenge allows the company to produce 47, 8 ths. Tons of granular PP per year.

Company LLP “Company Petrochem LTD” was put into operation in 2009. The plant production are two: tert-butyl (MTBE) and polypropylene (PP). Capacities for the production of PP were launched in 2011 and amounted to 30 thousand. Tons a year, while it was absent granulation unit, the polymer is produced in the form of a powder, which limited its scope. Due to the release of the powder Kazakh producer was forced to all manufactured products shipped for export markets, particularly in China, as in their own country in such a polypropylene local processors can not use.