Taiwan’s Nan Ya to restart Mailiao No 4 BPA line mid-September

05 September 2011 09:32  [Source: ICIS news]

SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Taiwan’s Nan Ya Plastics is planning to restart its 130,000 tonne/year No 4 bisphenol A (BPA) line at Mailiao in mid-September, after it was shut on 12 June because of a government directive, a company source said on Monday.

The plant, along with some other facilities at the Mailiao complex of Formosa, was ordered shut for safety checks following a string of fires that hit the petrochemical site.

Nan Ya’s 90,000 tonne/year No 1 and 100,000 tonne/year No 2 lines at Mailiao are currently running at 90-100% capacity, while its 100,000 tonne/year No 3 line remains idle since mid-May because of pipeline issues, the source said.

A definite restart date has not been set for the No 3 unit, the source added.

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By: Liu Xin
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