MOSCOW (MRC) -- Formosa Chemical and Fibre Corp (FCFC), a subsidiary of Formosa Plastics Group, is likely to take off-stream a styrene monomer plant, reported Apic-online.
A Polymerupdate source in Taiwan informed that the plant is planned to be shut on September 1, 2015. It is likely to remain off-stream for around 40 days.
Located in Taiwan, the plant has a production capacity of 600,000 mt/year.
As MRC wrote previously, in early January 2015, FCFC has restarted its No. 1 SM plant. It was shut in mid-December 2014 on account of weak market conditions. Located at Mailiao in Taiwan, the plant has a production capacity of 250,000 mt/year.
Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corporation (FCFC) is a subsidiary of Formosa Plastics Group, the largest private owned enterprise in Taiwan, with annual revenue of USD13.5 billion.
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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