NPC Alliance runs No 1 PE line at 100%

03 October 2008 11:21  [Source: ICIS news]

SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--Philippine-based polyethylene (PE) producer NPC Alliance has ramped up production rates at one of its two lines to 100% after restarting it in June, a company source said on Friday.

 

The line, which can produce around 10,000 tonnes/month of PE, was shut in Q4 2007 after it produced off-spec material, finance manager Elena Pineda said.

 

The production line, located at Mariveles in Bataan province, ran intermittently during the first half of this year, but restarted in June and has since reached 100% production rates, Pineda said.

 

“We are hopeful that our second line will restart by late-November,” she added.

 

The plant has a total of two lines, with a total nameplate capacity of 275,000 tonnes/year, and produces both high density PE (HDPE) and linear low density PE (LLDPE). Feedstock ethylene is sourced from state-run producer National Petrochemical Co (NPC) in Iran.

 

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