Pilipinas Kao plans fatty alcohols maintenance in August

07 July 2009 13:01  [Source: ICIS news]

SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--Pilipinas Kao will shut its 100,000 tonne/year fatty alcohols plant at Jasaan City, the Philippines, for scheduled maintenance in August, a company source said on Tuesday.

“We will be shutting our plant for our annual maintenance shutdown in August for one month,” he said, adding that the company, a subsidiary of Kao Japan, had already prepared sufficient fatty alcohol inventories for its contractual customers during the shutdown. 

Other fatty alcohol manufacturers in the Philippines include United Cocochem and Pan Century Surfactants.

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By: Jeremiah Chan
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