Sumitomo Chemical breaks ground for the third-phase expansion of its MMA production facilities in Singapore
According to Sumitomo, the company has been leveraging the strength of these globally competitive proprietary technologies with a focus on expanding into high-growth Asian markets. In August of 2005, Sumitomo Chemical's second MMA monomer plant with an annual capacity of 80,000 tons was brought on stream, and the current expansion will add an annual 90,000 tons of MMA monomer and 50,000 tons of MMA polymers when the facilities start operations in the first quarter of 2008. This will bring the total capacity of the company's Singapore operations to 223,000 tons of MMA monomer and 100,000 tons of MMA polymers annually.
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