Taiwan VCM plans July turnaround at plant

22 May 2008 06:17  [Source: ICIS news]

SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--Taiwan VCM plans to shut down its 330,000 tonnes/year vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) plant for scheduled maintenance in July, a source close to the company said on Thursday.

The Kaohsiung-based plant would be shut down for about 20 days beginning early July, the source added.

The plant was last shut down at the start of this year for a one-month maintenance.

Taiwan VCM belongs to Taiwanese plastics manufacturer USI Group and provides feedstock to downstream polyvinyl chloride (PVC) producer Ocean Plastics.

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By: Hun Wei Ng
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