MOSCOW (MRC) -- Formosa Plastics Corp (FPC) is in plans to shut a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plant for maintenance turnaround, according to Apic-Online.
A Polymerupdate source in Taiwan informed that the plant is likely to be shut in September 2013. The plant is expected to remain off-stream for around two weeks.
Located in Mailiao, Taiwan, the plant has a production capacity of around 500,000 mt/year.
As MRC informed previously, Formosa Petrochemical is in plans to shut two crude units for maintenance at its Mailiao refinery. A source in Taiwan informed that an 80,000 bpd vacuum distillation unit (VDU) and 84,000 bpd residual fluid catalytic cracking unit (RFCC) are planned to be taken off-stream. The units are likely to be shut in October 2013. They are expected to remain off-stream for around three weeks.
Formosa Plastics Corporation is a Taiwanese company based in Taiwan that primarily produces polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resins and other intermediate plastic products.
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