Equipolymers restarts 170,000 tonne/year Schkopau PET plant

15 March 2010 14:37  [Source: ICIS news]

LONDON (ICIS news)--Equipolymers has restarted full production at its polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plant at Schkopau in Germany following planned maintenance, a company source said on Monday.

The plant at Schkopau has two lines, each with a nameplate capacity of 170,000 tonnes/year. Production at one of the lines was halted on 15 February for four weeks of planned maintenance.

The restart at Schkopau began on 12 March, and the line is not yet at normal production levels, the source said.

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By: Mark Victory
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