Formosa Plastics plans turnaround at PP unit
28 July 2008 09:12 [Source: ICIS news]
SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--Formosa Plastics Corp plans to shut down its 120,000 tonne/year polypropylene (PP) plant in Linyuan, Taiwan, in November for a two-week maintenance turnaround, a company source said on Monday.
“There is no plan to turn around the other PP line with a 230,000 tonne/year capacity this year,” the source said.
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