IG Petrochemicals plans shutdown of phthalic anhydride plant

IG Petrochemicals, a manufacturer in phthalic anhydride (PA), which is used in industries such as flexible PVC, plastics, paints, construction, transportation, has shut down one of its plants for maintenance purpose.
 
“The company has taken a planned shutdown of one of its PA plants (PA-1) at Taloja, Maharashtra for change of catalyst. The shutdown is expected to last for approximately four weeks,” IG Petrochemicals said in a BSE filing on November 25, 2013.
 
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The company has said that it has sufficient stock of PA in hand and, hence, the product supplies to the customers will be unaffected during the period of shutdown.
 
IG Petrochemicals Ltd had commenced commercial production at its new phthalic anhydride unit (PA-3) having capacity of 50,000 MT at Taloja last month.