Taiwan’s CPDC to expand ACN capacity by 25% in end-2011

27 August 2010 04:05  [Source: ICIS news]

SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Taiwanese producer China Petrochemical Development Corp (CPDC) will expand its acrylonitrile (ACN) production capacity by more than a quarter to 240,000 tonnes/year by the end of 2011, a company source said on Friday.

The company currently operates two plants in Kaohsiung, Taiwan that can produce 95,000 tonnes/year of ACN each.

“We will shut down the first 95,000 tonne/year line in November this year for one month for expansion to 120,000 tonne/year,” the company source said.

“Expansion on the second line will start at the end of next year in 2011,” the source added.

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