DIC to Expand PPS Capacity

DIC Corp. (Tokyo) says it will invest about ¥8 billion ($104 million) to build a new polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) polymer production line at its DIC EP (Sodegaura, Japan) subsidiary’s production site at Kashima, Japan. The new line will have a production capacity of 5,500 m.t./year, increasing DIC’s global PPS polymer capacity to 19,000 m.t./year. The new production line is expected to be completed in May 2013. PPS polymer is generally reinforced with glass fiber or inorganic fillers and supplied in the form of PPS compounds, which are used...

This information is only available to Chemical Week subscribers.

Forgot your user ID or password?
Click here to have it sent to you.

Email Address First Name Last Name

Not an IHS Chemical Week 24/7 member yet? Here's why you should be: Searchable online archive access of the last 2 years of Chemical Week. Print or digital magazine subscription Price and market change alerts Economic data and statistics Buyers' Guides Webcasts | whitepapers