ABS: Ineos Styrolution declares force majeure for production in Belgium / Serious consequences for the drastically undersupplied ABS market
More grim news for the ABS market, which has already been chronically undersupplied for months: Ineos Styrolution has declared force majeure for deliveries of its “Terluran” standard ABS from its Belgian site in Antwerp. A leak in a major pipeline has interrupted the raw material supply, the company explained in a customer letter dated 30 July 2021. According to PIE’s Polyglobe database, the Antwerp plant has a capacity of 200,000 t/y of ABS. This corresponds to about one-fifth of the total European... (02.08.2021)