02-Aug-16 Japanese resin supplier Mitsui Chemicals plans to expand capacity of Milastomer, a vulcanized thermoplastic elastomer (TPV) by 5000 tpa. Construction is expected to commence in February 2017 at wholly owned subsidiary Sun Alloys Co., Ltd. with commercial operation start-up slated for October 2017. Currently Sun Alloys has overall compounding capacity of 60,0000 tpa for Milastomer and other Mitsui Chemicals products.
