MOSCOW (MRC) -- Chinese company Xinjiang Zhongtai began a trial run of the third plant for suspension PVC production with the capacity of 900,000 tonnes per year. The Chinese maker is planning to reach the rated capacity by the end of the year, report MRC analysts.
The traditional supplier of acetylene PVC to the Russian market, Chinese company Xinjiang Zhongtai, has announced a trial run of the first line of its third plant in Fukang. According to company representatives, the test run of the first line of the new plant with the capacity of 450,000 tonnes took place on September 16. The company is going to fully reach the industrial volumes of PVC production by the end of September.
The launch of the second line of the plant is scheduled for November. The third plant of Xinjiang Zhongtai in Fukang has a total capacity of 900,000 tonnes of PVC and its production will be aimed at meeting the requirements of the domestic market. In its turn, it will allow to reduce the load on the primary production in Michuan with the capacity of 700,000 tpa.
The launch of the third unit of Xinjiang Zhongtai will allow to increase the total production capacity of acetylene PVC up to 1,600 thous. tonnes and, thus, become a major producer in Northern China and surpass the company Xinjiang Tianye, the total annual capacity of which makes 1,300 thous. tonnes.
Over the past eight months the total import volumes of acetylene PVC of the Chinese company Xinjiang Zhongtai to Russia made slightly more than 29,000 tonnes. In 2011, import of the resin by this company to the Russian market made about 48,400 tonnes.
MRC