Lotte Chemical Titan, “daughter” one of the leading Korean chemical company Lotte Chemical, stopped production of the film of high density polyethylene (HDPE) in Pasir Gudang (Pasir Gudang, Malaysia) for repairs, according to ICIS.

Plant capacity of 115 thous. Tons of HDPE film per year has been closed due to the scheduled maintenance of the gas reservoir, which supplies the feedstock needed for the production of HDPE film, the source said, without giving details of the operations.

However, other types of HDPE (blow molding and for the production of yarns) will be produced in the normal mode.

Another plant for the production of HDPE on the same site capacity of 220 th. Tons per year and continues to work.

As reported earlier MRC, Lotte Chemical Titan in June last year stopped this line for the production of HDPE on preventive maintenance.

Lotte Chemical Corporation – a Korean company engaged in the development, production and sale of petrochemical products. The company mainly produces two categories of products: polymers and monomers. Manufactured by the monomers include ethylene, propylene, butadiene, benzene, toluene and xylene (BTX), pure terephthalic acid (TPA), ethylene glycol, styrene oxide, and others. Of the polymer production company produces low density polyethylene, high density polyethylene, linear polyethylene, polypropylene , polyethylene terephthalate and others. January 15, 2013 the company changed its name to Lotte Chemical Corporation with Honam Petrochemical Corporation.

MRC