Asahi Glass to Resume Production of Urethane Products and ETFE at Kashima by Late June

Ashai Glass says its Kashima, Ibaraki complex restarted production in early April of all products with the exception of urethane-related materials and its Fluon ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) fluoropolymer. The Kashima plant was severely affected by last month's earthquake. The company says production and shipments of urethane-related products and ETFE will restart by late June. Volumes, however, will be affected by raw material and electricity supply situation. The company's urethane-related complex at Kashima has capacity to produce 110,000...

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