Taiwan’s CPC plans August turnaround at cracker

22 May 2008 04:51  [Source: ICIS news]

SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--Taiwan-based CPC Corp plans to shut down its No 5 cracker in August for maintenance, a source from the company said on Thursday.

"We will shut down the cracker from 15 August for a 43-day turnaround and restart the cracker on 26 September," the source added.

The 500,000 tonne/year unit is the only cracker in Kaohsiung and also the largest one owned by CPC.

CPC has two other crackers in Lin Yuan with a combined capacity of 615,000 tonne/year.

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By: Brian Myung
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