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(ICIS) -- Arkema is on schedule to lift
its declaration of force majeure on polyvinyl chloride (PVC) supplies from its
unit at Lavera, France, while LVM will shut down one PVC line at its unit in
Beek, the Netherlands, at the end of June, company sources said on Friday.
Arkema plans to resume production at its oxychlorination and vinyl
chloride monomer (VCM) unit in Lavera, France, by the end of May, a company
source said. If there are no problems, the company should be in a position to
lift its declaration of force majeure on PVC supplies from Lavera at the end of
May or early June, the source added.
LVM, part of the Belgium-based Tessenderlo Group, plans to carry out
maintenance at its 225 KTa unit in Beek, the Netherlands, which has four lines,
a company source said. One of the lines will be shut down for one week at the
end of June, which is unlikely to have any significant impact, the source
added.
The source said there is no exact date yet for the start of the shutdown,
during which time all contractual obligations will be met. Buyers and sellers
said it is quite likely that LVM's maintenance could be carried out
“unnoticed”.
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