POLYPLASTICS COMPLETED COMPOUNDING PLANT IN MALAYSIA TOKYO, Sept.8 /KYODO JBN-AsiaNet/--Polyplastics Co. Ltd, a leading engineering plastics maker in Japan announced today that Polyplastics Asia Pacific Sdn. Bhd.(PAP), its subsidiary based on Malaysia, has completed construction of a compounding plant at the end of July in Kuantan, Pahang State, Malaysia. The plant is located next to a polyacetal (POM) polymerization plant now under construction there. PAP is now carrying out the trial run of the plant toward commercial operation from this October. The operation of the compounding plant strengthens the supply ability of POM, PBT, PPS, LCP so that it will meet the increasing demand in the Asian-Pacific region. Thus it is being expected that the company can supply the above mentioned resins to the customers more stable than ever. Polyplastics is pleased to announce the outline of the compounding plant as follows: 1.Compounding Capacity: 12,000 ton per year 2.Compounded products line up: POM resin: " Duracon(TM)" PBT resin: " Duranex(TM) " PPS resin: " Fortron(TM) " LCP resin: " Vectra(TM) " 3.Main sales outlets The Asia-Pacific region (China, East Asia, ASEAN region and Oceania) 4.Malaysia Plant The POM polymerization plant is under construction in the site of 300,000 square meter in Kuantan, Pahang State, located in the eastern part of the Malay Peninsula. PAP aims the completion in November this year and the operating start at the beginning of next year. The production capacity of POM polymer is planned to be 30,000 ton per year. The Malaysia plant is the third POM polymerization plant for Polyplastics Group next to the Fuji plant of Polyplastics Co. Ltd. and the Tafa plant of Taiwan Engineering Plastics Co., Ltd. 5.The outline of Polyplastics Asia Pacific Sdn. Bhd.(PAP) Head Office: 50-5-13A, 5th Floor, Wisma UOA Damamsara, 50, Jalan Dungun, Damamsara Heights, 50490 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tel: 60-3-925-2599 Fax: 60-3-925-2566 Representative: Motoshi Sawada, Managing Director Contact: Polyplastics Co. Ltd. General Administration Department in the Head Office Akira Munakata, Section Manager, Public Relations E-Mail [email protected] Fax: 81-3-3580-0629