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| October 14, 2008 |
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Temporary Shutdown to Repair the Ethylene Production Facility
at the Mizushima Plant |
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| Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation |
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Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (Head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Yoshimitsu Kobayashi) has shut down the ethylene production facility at the Mizushima Plant (Location: Kurashiki-shi, Okayama; General Manager: Yasuhide Ishikawa) for a temporary inspection since October 8. As a result, we have decided today to repair a part of the facility. Restart of the ethylene production facility is scheduled on October 23.
| For further information, please contact |
Public Relations and Investor Relations Department
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation |
| Tel: +81-(0)3-6414-3730 |
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Production Capacity of Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
| Mizushima Plant: |
450,000 tons/year |
| Kashima Plant (No. 1 ethylene production facility): |
375,000 tons/year |
| Kashima Plant (No. 2 ethylene production facility): |
453,000 tons/year* |
| Total: |
1,278,000 tons/year |
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This production capacity excludes the capacity of 208 cracking furnace.
The production capacity includes 208 cracking furnace is 476,000 tons/year. |
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