DATE : 2014-03-06
US-based acetyls producer Celanese is planning to shut its vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) plants in China and Singapore in the first half of April for maintenance, sources close to the company said on Thursday.
Celanese operates a 300,000 tonne/year VAM plant at Nanjing in China’s Jiangsu province as well as a 210,000 tonne/year plant at Singapore’s Jurong Island.
Both plants are currently operating at full tilt to build up inventory levels, sources said.
The exact timeline and duration of the turnarounds have yet to be determined, they added.
SOURCE Icis News