Reminder: Singapore’s Denka discontinued GPPS production

In an official statement from Denka Singapore Co Ltd, the company announced that it would discontinue the production of DENKA STYROL GPPS after 22 years in business. 

The production of the seven (7) grades would be suspended by the end of November 2020. The final sales of these cargoes would take place by the end of December 2020. 

Denka cited the cease of GPPS production in order to optimize the overall operation of the plastic business. The company would switch to produce Ms resin (Methyl. Methacrylate Styrene Copolymer).

Denka Singapore Co Ltd is one of the major polystyrene producers in the Southeast Asia region with an annual capacity of 200,000 tons of GPPS.