# Japan Polypropylene to shut down PP polymerization train in Kashima, Japan

Japan Polypropylene announced plans to shut down in January 2021 a 70,000 tonnes/year polypropylene polymerization train at Kashima in Japan.

- Type: Closure
- Announced: 2020-08-05
- Where: Kashima, Japan
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 70,000 tonnes/year
- Products: polypropylene
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Japan Polypropylene Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/23977.md)

## Sources

- [plasticstoday.com](https://www.plasticstoday.com/compounding/inline-pp-compounding-plant-starts-up-in-thailand), 2020-08-05: "Simultaneously, JPP has announced plans to shut down in January next year a 70,000-tonnes/year PP polymerization train located at Kashima in Japan."

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