South Korea’s TK Chemical shuts Gumi PET line for maintenance
10 May 2012 10:09 [Source: ICIS news]
MELBOURNE (ICIS)--
“The line was shut yesterday [9 May], and will be restarted on 20 May after undergoing overhaul,” he said.
The company expects to lose about 3,000 tonnes of PET resin from the planned shutdown, reducing its total output this month by 13% to approximately 20,000 tonnes, the official said.
TK Chemical’s three PET bottle chip lines at Gumi near the South Korean
By: Trisha Huang
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