Taiwan’s CGPC to start up new Kaohsiung PVC plant in January '12
20 October 2011 11:39 [Source: ICIS news]
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Taiwan’s China General Plastics Corp (CGPC) plans to bring on stream its new 170,000 tonne/year polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plant at Linyuan district in Kaohsiung in January 2012, a source close to the company said on Thursday.
The producer has completed test runs at the new facility, the source said.
CGPC currently operates a 180,000 tonne/year PVC plant at Toufen in
The company obtains its feedstock vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) from its subsidiary, Taiwan VCM.
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