Taiwan-based Chimei Corporation has disclosed that its Zhangzhou Chimei Chemical in China started mass production at its newly-built PS production lines on March 10.
These production lines, with an annual capacity of 350,000 tons, are expected to be fully operational in the second half of this year. Combined with the PS production capacity at another plant, Zhenjiang Chimei, they will strengthen the Chimei group's presence and customer service in the Chinese market. The addition of the new production capacity will bring Chimei's total annual PS production capacity to 920,000 tons.
The construction of the Zhangzhou Chimei PS plant took 20 months.
Zhangzhou Chimei Chemical, a reinvestment by Chimei Corporation, was founded in August 2018. It is located in the Gulei Port Economic Development Zone in Zhangzhou, Fujian. The first phase of the plant's ABS capacity of 450,000 tons per annum (tpa) started in September 2021 and will increase to 600,000 tpa, together with the PC capacity of 180,000 tpa expected to start in 2025, bringing the plant's total future capacity to one million tpa.
Article translated by Rodney Chan
