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Taiwan's Formosa to shut EDC and VCM plants for maintenanceTaiwan's Formosa to shut EDC and VCM plants for maintenance |
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Market sources reported that Formosa Plastics corporation (FPC) is planning to shut its ethylene dichloride (EDC) and vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) plant by mid of June 2018 for a scheduled turnaround.
Located at Mailiao, Taiwan, the EDC plant has a production capacity of 1.65 million tons/year and VCM plant has a production capacity of 800,000 tons/year. Both plants are expected to remain off-stream for a month.