INEOS plans 6-week outage at Cologne ACN unit
22 August 2008 15:16 [Source: ICIS news]
LONDON (ICIS news)--INEOS Nitriles will shut down its Cologne acrylonitrile (ACN) plant for planned maintenance at the beginning of September, a source at the company confirmed on Friday.
The turnaround will last up to six weeks, the source said.
The INEOS facility has the capacity to produce 300,000 tonnes/year of ACN.
Other acrylonitrile producers include Repsol and DSM.
By: Mike Nash
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