Taiwan's Formosa to shut SM plants for maintenance

According to market sources, Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp (FCFC) is planning to shut its No. 1 and No. 2 styrene monomer (SM) units by mid of September 2017 for a planned turnaround.

Based in Mailiao, Taiwan, the No. 1 and No. 2 SM plants have a production capacity of 250,000 tons/year and 350,000 tons/year respectively. Both plants are expected to remain off-stream for about 3-4 weeks.