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| January 6, 2009 |
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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 December 30, 2008. As a result, we have decided today to repair a part of the facility. The restart is scheduled on January 14, 2009.
| For further information, please contact |
Public Relations and Investor Relations Department
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation |
| Tel: +81-(0)3-6414-3730 |
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Ethylene 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): |
476,000 tons/year* |
| Total: |
1,301,000 tons/year |
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The production capacity including 208 cracking furnace.
The production capacity excluding 208 cracking furnace is 453,000 tons/year. |
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