MOSCOW (MRC) - INOVYN, one of the largest manufacturers of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) in the world, resumed production of caustic and chlorine in Tavaux (France) after a scheduled maintenance works, said Polymerupdate.
The plant with a capacity of 403,000 tonnes/year of caustic soda and 360,000 tonnes/year chlorine was closed on 21 September and resumed production on 29 September because of partial maintenance shutdown.
Earlier it was reported, said in April 2019, INOVYN also shut down this site for a scheduled maintenances.
As MRC reported earlier, INOVYN started maintenance works at its polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plant at its Jemeppe Site, Belgium. The Jemeppe site is one of the largest PVC production capacities in Europe with 420,000 tons/year of material supplied to key sectors including building, automotive and piping.
As per MRC' ScaPlast, calculated consumption of caustic soda in Russia reached 676,300 tonnes in January-August 2019, down 2% year on year (660,600 tonnes). Imports of caustic soda for eight months of 2019 increased by 13% to 16,000 tonnes, while in 2018 this figure was at 14,200 tonnes.
Headquartered in London, INOVYN has pro-forma sales of more than EUR3 billion, with 4,300 employees and assets across 14 sites in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the UK. Governance of the Joint Venture is equally split between the partners.
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