LG Dagu to shut Tianjin PVC for maintenance

21 April 2008 15:11  [Source: ICIS news]

SHANGHAI (ICIS news)--LG Dagu plans to shut down its 340,000 tonne/year polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plant at Tianjin in northern China on 22 April, said a company source on Monday.

The scheduled maintenance will last for 10 days and the plant will restart on 2 May, he said, adding that the company has to cut its sale volume in the domestic market and export business by a third.

LG Dagu, the third largest ethylene based PVC producer in China, is a joint venture of Tianjin Dagu, LG Chem and LG International.

Lynne Du contributed to this article. For more on PVC visit ICIS chemical intelligence

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