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台湾プラスチック（FPC)　　　 Group Major Products 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

台湾プラスチック、12月にＭＭＡ生産能力を1.4万t増の8.4万tに (Jchem News 2004/8/27)

偉容現す台湾「麦寮コンビナート」　　
　　　エチレン１３５万トン体制　４７プラント順次稼働へ　

Platts 2006/10/16

Taiwan's Formosa sees new cracker completion by early next year

Taiwan's Formosa Petrochemical expects to complete its third cracker in Mai Liao by early next year, a company source said Monday. The cracker will have a nameplate ethylene capacity of 1.2 million mt/year and a propylene capacity of 600,000 mt/year.

In related plant news, completion of Taiwan's Nan Ya Plastics's new 600,000 mt/year monoethylene glycol line in Mai Liao has been delayed to March next year at the earliest due to difficulties in securing and fitting of plant equipment and electronics.

台湾ＦＰＣ中国にエチレン拠点　　独自出資　
　　　０４年、１００万トン超計画　　誘導品で日本と合弁も

この人に聞く　　台湾プラスチックグループ　王永慶董事長
　　　人の１０倍考え、１０倍の努力で克服　

April 4, 2003 Financial Times

FPC to expand VCM.

Vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) capacity at Formosa Plastic Corp's 720,000 tonne/y facilities in Mailiao, Taiwan, is to be increased by 80,000 tonne/y. Project completion is expected by the end of 2004. During 2003, the company also intends to raise ethylene dichloride capacity at Mailiao by 200,000 tonne/y to 800,000 tonne/y.

Platts 2003/9/3

Formosa advances naphtha cracker completion by a year to 2006

Taiwan's Formosa Petrochemical has moved forward by a year the planned completion of its No 3 naphtha cracker at Mai Liao to early 2006, a company source said Wednesday. Formosa would begin construction by the end of 2003.

Platts 2003/10/13

Taiwan's Formosa plans 50kt PP debottlenecking for mid-November

Taiwan's Formosa Plastics Corp has planned a mid-November debottlenecking at its 180,000 mt/yr PP plant in Lin Yuan that would expand the capacity of the plant by 50,000 mt/yr to 230,000 mt/yr, a company source said Monday. The plant would be shut down for about 10 days to accomplish the expansion.

Platts 2004/3/24

Taiwan Formosa to complete 600,000 mt/yr styrene unit in H2 2006

Taiwan's Formosa Chemical and Fibre plans to complete its styrene monomer unit in Mai Liao, currently under construction, in the second half of 2006, sources close to the company said Wednesday.

FCFC's new No 3 unit would have a nameplate capacity of 600,000 mt/yr, and would boost the producer's total styrene capacity at its Mai Liao complex to 1.05-mil mt/yr.

中国・ＡＳＥＡＮニュース速報　2004/6/10

【台湾】台プラ、寧波にナフサプラント投資申請へ

　台湾プラスチックグループは近く、中国・浙江省寧波市北崙経済技術特区にエチレン年産80万トン規模のナフサプラント建設の投資申請を行う。投資総額は約300億台湾元。

　寧波北崙では、台湾塑膠工業（フォルモサ・プラスチック）がプラスチック原料のポリ塩化ビニル（ＰＶＣ）、ポリプロピレン（ＰＰ）、アクリル酸エステル（ＡＥ）などを生産、台湾化学繊維（フォルモサ・ケミカルズ＆ファイバー）が芳香族化合物の高純度テレフタル酸（ＰＴＡ）、ポリスチレン（ＰＳ）、アクリロニトリル・ブタジェン・スチレン（ＡＢＳ）などを生産している。今回のナフサプラントなどの石化川上事業は、台塑石化（フォルモサ・ペトロケミカル）が統括に当たる。

2004/7/2 中国・ＡＳＥＡＮニュース速報

【台湾】台化、寧波のＰＴＡ工場に追加投資

台湾化学繊維（台化＝フォルモサ・ケミカルズ＆ファイバー）は６月30日、中国・浙江省寧波の100％出資子会社、台化興業（寧波）に4,830万米ドルを追加投資して、高純度テレフタル酸（ＰＴＡ）の生産能力を拡大することを決定した。

同社のＰＴＡの年産能力は現在、雲林県・麥寮工場と宜蘭県・龍徳工場の２工場あわせて150万トン、中国では60万トンに達しており、ＰＴＡの売上高は同社の全体売上高の３割を占めている主要事業だ。

Platts 2004/7/5

Formosa Plastics plans new PP plant in Ningbo for late 2006

Taiwan's Formosa Plastics Corp has planned a new 450,000 mt/yr polypropylene plant in Ningbo, China, slated for completion by late 2006 or early 2007, a company source said Monday.

The new PP plant would source propylene from the new cracker (No 3 naphtha cracker at Mai Liao)

　台塑石化（フォルモサ・ペトロケミカル）は、約100億台湾元を投じて、オレフィン分解およびプロピレン生産工場を雲林県麦寮の第６ナフサプラント内に設ける。中国・浙江省寧波の北崙技術経済特区に建設するポリプロピレン（ＰＰ）生産工場への供給を視野に入れた大型投資計画だ。７日付経済日報が伝えた。

　第６ナフサプラントの第３オレフィン工場における年産量は、エチレン120万トン、プロピレン60万トン、ブタジエン18万トンとなっている。このうち、オレフィン分解設備の新設で、プロピレンの年産量が85万トンまで増加することになる。

■寧波工場は50％規模拡大

■事業拡大で中国で石化王国を

台湾プラスチックグループは、中国・浙江省寧波の北崙港にバース５基を増設する。原料の輸入を強化するほか、生産製品の輸送も視野に入れる。19日付工商時報が伝えた。

　王永在・台湾プラスチックグループ副董事長は11日、同グループの幹部らとともに中国石油化工集団（シノペック）の上層部と、両者間での原油の委託精製、原料供給、貿易などの業務に関する戦略的提携の協議を行った。

　台プラグループは浙江省寧波市の北崙経済技術特区にエチレン年産120万トン規模のナフサプラントの建設を計画しているが、台湾政府はまだナフラプラントの対中投資を許可していない。このため、シノペックとの提携によって北崙への石化原料の供給を期待している。

総投資額1,246億台湾元に上る台湾プラスチックグループの第６ナフサプラント第４期工程に、長春グループが参入する。投資額は200億台湾元近くに上る大規模なもの。特殊プラスチックなどの生産も行う予定で、アジア太平洋地区の石油化学業界で競争力向上を図る。

６日付工商時報によると、台湾塑膠工業（フォルモサ・プラスチック）の李志村総経理が長春グループの投資計画を明らかにし、「原料は現在建設中の第３号ナフサ分解プラント（ＯＬ―３）から調達する」と語った。長春グループの林書鴻董事長は、「投資案はすでに行政院環境保護署（環境庁）に提出した。環境アセスメントの分析を経て、実行に移す」と慎重姿勢を崩さなかったものの、台プラと長春という石化業界の２強が、雲林県麦寮の第６ナフサプラントで強力タッグを結成するのは既定路線となった。

■競合先から提携先へ

台湾プラスチックグループ傘下の台湾塑膠工業（フォルモサ・プラスチック）、台朔重工、南亜プラスチック各社の中国投資案３件が13日、経済部（経済省）投資審議委員会（投審会）の認可を得た。

投資の内訳は、台湾塑膠が6,900万米ドルを中国浙江省の投資子会社、台湾塑膠工業ポリプロピレン（寧波）へ増資するほか、台朔重工が4,900万米ドル同じく寧波に華亜鋼鉄を設立、南亜プラスチックが2,600万米ドルを江蘇省昆山の投資子会社、南亜ガラス繊維（昆山）への増資に充てる。

中国・ASEANニュース速報　2004年11月2日

【台湾】台プラのナフサ工場、中国国務院に申請

　１日付経済日報によると、台湾プラスチックグループの王永在副董事長が先日、中国国務院に対してナフサプラント建設の投資申請を行った。

　建設地は浙江省寧波市の北崙経済技術特区とみられ、同特区内にエチレン年産120万トン規模のナフサプラントを設ける。台プラグループにとっては、第６ナフサプラントに続く石油化学関連の大型投資となる。しかし、政府はナフサプラントの対中投資を開放していないことから、王副董事長は台湾と中国の両政府の認可を得てから計画を進展させることを強調した。

　寧波北崙では、台湾塑膠工業（フォルモサ・プラスチック）によるプラスチック原料のポリ塩化ビニル（ＰＶＣ）の年産30万トンの工場がまもなく完工するほか、台湾化学繊維（台化＝フォルモサ・ケミカルズ＆ファイバー）のアクリロニトリル・ブタジェン・スチレン（ＡＢＳ）工場が量産を開始している。将来的にはアクリル酸エステル（ＡＥ）、ポリプロピレン（ＰＰ）、芳香族化合物の高純度テレフタル酸（ＰＴＡ）の各工場も生産を開始する予定だ。

　台湾プラスチックグループは、雲林県の離島工業区に1,200億台湾元を投じ、日産60万バレル規模の石油精製工場を建設する計画だ。ナフサの自製率を高め、グループの台塑石化（フォルモサ・ペトロケミカル）などのコスト削減が狙い。第６ナフサプラントとも結合し、同地の石油化学基地がさらに拡大する。13日付経済日報が伝えた。

　台プラが開発を予定するのは、離島工業区の中の４カ所ある工業区のうち、新興区と台西区にまたがる2,000ヘクタール以上の土地。投資額1,200億元は、第６ナフサプラントにも匹敵する。位置的にも麦寮区の第６ナフサプラントの南に隣接し、同工業区に台プラの石油化学事業が集中することになる。

■石油精製量、日産100万バレルに
■中国石油との競争激化

2005/5/3 Platts

Formosa to complete construction of Ningbo ethylene tank by 2007

The storage tank would be able to hold roughly 44,000mt of ethylene, which would primarily support Formosa's recently completed 300,000 mt/yr PVC plant in Ningbo. The tank would also be able to provide ethylene for Formosa's planned 450,000 mt/yr polypropylene plant in Ningbo, scheduled to complete construction in late 2006 or early 2007.

テキサスのフォモサプラスチックで爆発事故　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　CSB調査 ＣＳＢ報告

　現地時間の６日午後３時05分、テキサス州ポイント・コンフォートにあるフォモサ・プラスチックの工場で爆発事故があり、１１人が負傷した。うち1人は火傷で重症。爆発は第二オレフィン系列のプラントで発生した。同社では爆発場所は「プラスチック原料をつくるプラント」としているだけで、どのプラントかは不明。3時間後に鎮火した。同社によるとフォークリフトがプロピレンパイプを破損し、漏れたガスが地を這って流れ、引火して爆発した。同社では爆発したエリア（範囲は明らかにされていない）は無期限に停止するとしている。２つのハリケーンの影響で既にエチレンは不足状況となっており、フォモサの停止が石化製品の需給に影響を与えると見られている。.

　フォモサ・プラスチックは台湾の台湾プラスチックの子会社。ポイント・コンフォート工場（テキサス州のガルベストンとコーパスクリスティの中間に位置）は1983年建設の主力工場で、エチレン、クロルアルカリ、ＥＤＣ、ＶＣＭ、ＰＶＣ、ＨＤＰＥ、ＬＬＤＰＥ、ＰＰを生産している。当初はVCMとPVCだけであったが、1994年に15億ドルをかけた大増設を行ってオレフィン、LLDPE、 HDPE、クロルアルカリ、EDC、PP、co-generation 工場を建設、1997年の１０億ドルの増設で第二オレフィン(818千トン)、HDPE(250+150千トン)、PP(332千トン)工場を建設した。この第二オレフィンの系列で今回の事故が発生した。工場全体で1600人のフルタイムの従業員と400人の契約社員を抱えている。

　同社のホームページによると2002年時点の能力は以下の通り。
　　クロルアルカリ　811千トン
　　ＥＤＣ　　　　　　　970
　　ＶＣＭ　　　　　　 382
　　ＰＶＣ　　　　　　　575
　　エチレン　　　　1,550
　　ＨＤＰＥ　　　　　　675
　　ＬＬＤＰＥ　　　　　265
　　ＰＰ　　　　　　　　680

　フォモサ・プラスチックは他にデラウエア工場（ＰＶＣ：1981年スタウファーから購入）、ルイジアナ工場（クロルアルカリ、ＥＤＣ、ＶＣＭ、ＰＶＣ：1990年建設）、イリノイ工場（ＰＶＣ：2002年ボーデンから購入）を有している。

　フォモサ・プラスチックでは事故が続出している。このため各官庁では係員を同地に派遣し、調査を開始した。
　1998年12月にはポイント・コンフォートのＥＤＣプラントで爆発があり、26人が負傷した。2004年４月にはイリノイ工場でＶＣＭの漏洩による爆発があり、4人が死亡、6人が負傷した。また本年4月にはＶＣＭ等の漏洩による環境基準違反で１５万ドルの罰金を払っている。

　　（　Diana Wilson： Formosa Plastics 反対運動　）

　なお、本年3月にはテキサスシティのBPの製油所が爆発し、15人が死亡、170人が負傷している。

In an increasingly familiar scene along the Texas coast, black smoke and flames streamed from a Point Comfort industrial plant Thursday, following an explosion that injured at least eight workers.

The blast at Formosa Plastics Corp. was the third to strike a Texas industrial facility this year and the second to hit one of the Taiwan-based company's U.S. facilities in 17 months.

In addition to the Point Comfort explosion, the CSB also is investigating an April 2004 blast that killed four workers and injured six at a Formosa plant in Illiopolis, Ill. The company's other two U.S. facilities are located in Delaware City, Del., and Baton Rouge, La.

In December 1998, a blast rocked the Point Comfort plant's ethylene dichloride unit, rattling windows as far as 35 miles away and injuring 26 workers.

Last April, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality fined the facility $150,000 for violations of air pollution laws that included releases of toxic chemicals such as vinyl chloride.

Over the past decade, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has inspected the Point Comfort plant a dozen times, five of them resulting in violations, OSHA online records show.

In 1994, the company completed a $1.5 billion expansion, building its first olefins unit. In 1997, the plant underwent a second $1 billion expansion, in which it constructed a second olefins unit ・the part of the plant that erupted Thursday.

The Victoria Advocate October 8, 2005

Pipeline break cause of explosions

Thursday's explosions at Formosa Plastic Point Comfort plant happend when a contract employee using a forklift and pulling an air cart backed into a 6-inch line carrying liquid propylene, causing a break in a fitting or valve, plant officials said Friday in a memo.

The pipeline was carrying the propylene at 165 pounds of pressure. The gas that was released from the pipeline vaporized into a cloud when it reached the atmosphere. The gas, which is heavier than air, traveled along the ground until it reached an ignition source and exploded, according to the memo.

Although all employees are back on the job, "The plant is shut down," said Jack Wu, vice president of business development. "The damage is all in the Olefins 2 unit. The fire automatically shuts everything down."

Wu said all employees are back at work getting ready to start up the plant, which he said, "technically, would take maybe two days."

In a victory for a tiny, embattled environmental movement in Calhoun County, Texas, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) delayed granting the Taiwan-based Formosa Plastics Corporation the wastewater discharge permits it needs to begin operations at the company's newly expanded facilities. The EPA announced in February 1991 that it is requiring the preparation of an environmental impact statement before it will grant the permits. Formosa Plastics, Taiwan's largest chemical producer, has a history of environmental degradation and violations both in Taiwan and in its plants in the United States.

Formosa Plastics Point Comfort Plant Resuming Operations
　Fire Extinguished, Damage Appears Limited and Production Resumes
　No Off-Site Environmental Impact or Damage Found

Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. announced today that the last remaining minor fire resulting from an explosion on October 6 at its Point Comfort, Texas plant was extinguished early yesterday morning and that operations at the facility had resumed.

The company also said that damage from the explosion and resulting fire appears to have been limited to what is known as the "Purification Area" of the Olefins 2 production unit.

The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) is continuing its probe of the propylene fire and explosions that heavily damaged an olefins unit at the Formosa Plastics facility in Point Comfort, Texas, on October 6, injuring approximately 13 workers. Most injuries were minor, but two workers were admitted to the burn unit at a Galveston hospital, and one remains hospitalized there.

After six days at the incident site, investigators yesterday returned to Washington, DC, where they planned to brief agency Board members and staff. Investigators have conducted approximately 24 witness interviews; examined the damaged area of the facility's Olefins 2 unit; and reviewed process diagrams, procedures, and other documentary evidence. Based on current evidence, investigators will not recommend a full root-cause investigation of the incident by the CSB. However, work to understand the circumstances of the incident will continue.

CSB lead investigator Jim Lay, P.E., said, "Witness accounts indicate that a forklift truck towing an air supply trailer may have collided with a drain line near a ground-level control valve station carrying highly flammable liquid propylene. We intend to gather additional evidence before confirming this theory. Shortly after the trailer entered the vicinity of the valve station, witnesses saw a downward jet of escaping hydrocarbon, which formed a rapidly expanding vapor cloud. Within a few minutes, the vapor cloud found an ignition source, causing an explosion and fire." Major fires continued for a number of hours as additional piping was damaged and more flammable hydrocarbons were released.

Mr. Lay said that access to the exact point of origin of the release was still restricted this week due to structural hazards, residual flammable materials, and ongoing emergency response and firefighting activities. "Portions of the olefins unit where the incident was centered show extensive damage from heat. The site shows relatively little blast damage, consistent with a series of unconfined, open-air explosions or deflagrations," Mr. Lay said.

Immediate issues before the investigative team include characterizing the extent of secondary damage from the explosion and examining the effectiveness of the facility's vehicular control policies and the protection of vulnerable piping from vehicular collision. Mr. Lay said team members would be returning to the plant as early as next week to continue the probe.

In addition to work at the Formosa site, investigators went into the Point Comfort and Port Lavaca communities to assess the impact of the incident. One school near the plant was temporarily evacuated on the day of the incident and two highways were closed for several hours. Investigators determined that approximately 15 members of the public sought medical evaluations at area hospitals; none was admitted to the hospital for treatment.

The CSB is an independent federal agency charged with investigating industrial chemical incidents. The agency's board members are appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. CSB investigations look into all aspects of chemical incidents, including physical causes such as equipment failure, as well as inadequacies in safety management systems.

The Board does not issue citations or fines but does make safety recommendations to plants, industry organizations, labor groups, and regulatory agencies such as OSHA and EPA. Please visit our website, www.csb.gov. For more information, contact Daniel Horowitz at (202) 261-7613 and (202) 441-6074.

2006/7/20 CSB(US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board)

CSB Issues Case Study of Formosa Plastics Point Comfort, Texas, Fire and Explosions: Unprotected Piping, Non-Fireproofed Structures, Lack of Automatic Shutoff Valves Noted as Causes; Flame-Resistant Clothing Recommended
http://www.csb.gov/index.cfm?folder=news_releases&page=news&NEWS_ID=304

The U. S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) issued its final report and recommendations today in the October 6, 2005, fire and explosions at the Formosa Plastics Corporation, USA, plant in Point Comfort, Texas. In addition, the CSB released a Safety Video which includes a computer animation depicting events leading to the accident.

The Point Comfort complex, on the Texas Gulf Coast, is the largest Formosa facility in the U.S., employing 1,400 full-time workers and 400 contactors. The accident occurred in the plant's Olefins II Unit, which converts either natural gas liquids or naphtha into products such as propylene and ethylene. The accident began when a vehicle - a forklift towing a trailer loaded with cylinders of breathing air used in maintenance - snagged a valve, pulling it out of the system. This caused the release of a large volume of propylene which then ignited, creating a large fire. The initial explosion knocked several operators to the ground and burned two men, one seriously. Fourteen workers sustained minor injuries evacuating the complex.

The CSB Case Study concludes that had the Olefins II unit been equipped with automated shutdown valves it may have been possible to stop the propylene flow, limiting the size of the fire. Operators were unable to reach manual valves to stop the release due to the presence of the growing vapor cloud.

The investigation noted that the valve hit by the trailer was unguarded, and vulnerable to being hit by vehicles. The Case Study also noted that some steel supports were not fireproofed, and collapsed. This caused the failure of pipes designed to carry flammable hydrocarbons to the unit's flare system, where they could be safely burned in the atmosphere. Without this safety system in place, pressurized flammable gases continued to feed the fire, which burned for five days. In addition, the CSB found that flame resistant clothing was not required for all employee activities within the Olefins II unit where there were large quantities of flammable liquids and gases.

CSB Board Member John Bresland said, "This began with a seemingly minor event, in which a trailer bumped into a drain valve. But the incident had disastrous consequences because the facility was not better prepared for a large chemical release. The fires and explosions at Formosa's Point Comfort plant provide compelling reasons to analyze vulnerabilities that could lead to a major chemical accident."

CSB lead investigator Robert Hall said, "Our investigation focused on how this facility was designed to protect against major fire hazards. We found that the unit's design engineering firm used plans that had not been updated to incorporate the latest standards for fireproofing steel structures. Furthermore, workers were not wearing flame resistant clothing, which would have helped to protect them against the flash fire that occurred. We found that improved design practices and protective clothing could have reduced the impact of this accident."

The Board issued several formal safety recommendations. Formosa Plastics Corp. USA, the Point Comfort plant, was urged to revise its policies and procedures for analyzing hazards, to include vehicle impact dangers, fireproofing of structural steel and mechanisms for controlling chemical releases such as remotely controlled isolation valves. The Board also recommended that Formosa provide fire resistant clothing to workers exposed to the dangers of flash fires.

The Board recommended that Kellogg, Brown, and Root, the company that designed Formosa's facility, use the most current safety standards - including standards for fireproofing -- when designing new facilities. And the Center for Chemical Process Safety, a leading safety organization, was urged to strengthen its hazard evaluation guidelines to include vehicle impact hazards and isolation of equipment during emergencies.

The CSB Safety Video, "Fire and Explosions at Formosa Plastics Corp.," may be viewed and downloaded on www.CSB.gov from the Video Room. Copies of this and all CSB videos are available on a DVD and may be obtained free of charge by submitting an online request form found on the website.

The CSB is an independent federal agency charged with investigating industrial chemical accidents. The agency's board members are appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. CSB investigations look into all aspects of chemical accidents, including physical causes such as equipment failure as well as inadequacies in safety management systems, regulations, and industry standards.

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Taiwan's Nan Ya Plastics Corp aims to start new BPA line by Oct

Taiwan's Nan Ya Plastics Corp is aiming to start production of a new bisphenol-A (BPA) plant by October, a company source said Thursday. The company is currently in the midst of building the new 130,000 mt/yr plant at Mailiao, Yunlin.
Nan Ya Plastics currently operates 3 bisphenol-A plants at the same site. These have a total production capacity of 290,000 mt/yr.

FCFC has a total phenol capacity of 440,000 mt/yr in Mailiao, Yunlin.

Product Name	Capacity (MT/Y)	Company	Division
PVC Resin	1,329,000	FPC	Plastics Div.
VCM	1,520,000	FPC	Plastics Div.
Caustic Soda (liquid)	1,050,000	FPC	Plastics Div.
Caustic Soda (flake)	46,700	FPC	Plastics Div.
Chlorine	366,700	FPC	Plastics Div.
Hydrochloric Acid	133,000	FPC	Plastics Div.
MBS	156,000	FPC	Plastics Div.
POM	25,000	FPC	Plastics Div.
Chlorosolvents	48,900	FPC	Plastics Div.
Fluorochlorohydrocarbon and substitetes	21,600	FPC	Plastics Div.
Processing Aids	7,200	FPC	Plastics Div.
AHF	11,000	FPC	Plastics Div.
HDPE	450,000	FPC	Polyolefin Div.
LDPE	90,000	FPC	Polyolefin Div.
EVA	110,000	FPC	Polyolefin Div.
LLDPE	240,000	FPC	Polyolefin Div.
Acrylic Acids	141,000	FPC	Tairylan Div.
Super Absorbent Polymer	24,000	FPC	Tairylan Div.
AN	200,000	FPC	Chemical Div.
CAN	3,000	FPC	Chemical Div.
MMA	70,000	FPC	Chemical Div.
ECH	80,000	FPC	Chemical Div.
MTBE	15,100	FPC	Chemical Div.
B-1	17,000	FPC	Chemical Div.
Calcium Carbide	54,000	FPC	Calcium Carbide Div.
Lime	234,000	FPC	Calcium Carbide Div.
Calcium Carbonates	258,000	FPC	Calcium Carbide Div.
Taical	12,000	FPC	Calcium Carbide Div.
U-cal	14,400	FPC	Calcium Carbide Div.
Light Master Batch	36,000	FPC	Calcium Carbide Div.
PTMG	14,000	FASC	Business Div.
BPA	114,000	Nan Ya	4th Plastics Div.
PBT	13,200	Nan Ya	4th Plastics Div.
Unsaturated Polyester Resin	30,000	Nan Ya	4th Plastics Div.
Plastic Stablizer	8,400	Nan Ya	4th Plastics Div.
PU Resin	28,800	Nan Ya	4th Plastics Div.
DOP	335,000	Nan Ya	DOP Div.
Anhydrous Sodium-Sulfate	100,439	FCFC	1st Chemical Div.
Carbon Disulfide	18,500	FCFC	1st Chemical Div.
Sulphuric Acid	134,000	FCFC	1st Chemical Div.
Dodecyl Benzene Sulphonic Acid	24,500	FCFC	Detergent Div.
Powder Detergent	66,000	FCFC	Detergent Div.
Liquid Detergent	8,520	FCFC	Detergent Div.
Benzene	70,000	FCFC	2nd Chemical Div.
PX	810,000	FCFC	2nd Chemical Div.
OX	200,000	FCFC	2nd Chemical Div.
SM	600,000	FCFC	2nd Chemical Div.
Phenol	200,000	FCFC	2nd Chemical Div.
Acetone	123,000	FCFC	2nd Chemical Div.
PTA	1,450,000	FCFC	3rd Chemical Div.
DMF	40,000	FCFC	3rd Chemical Div.
PS	260,000	FCFC	Plastic Div.
ABS	39,000	FCFC	Plastic Div.
PP	360,000	FCFC	Plastic Div.
PC	100,000	FCFC	Plastic Div.
Nylon-6 Resin	219,000	FCFC	Nylon Div.
Ethylene	1,700,000	FCFC	Alkene Div.
Propylene	850,000	FCFC	Alkene Div.
Butadiene	272,000	FCFC	Alkene Div.
PP	300,000	YCCIC	Business Div.
Electron-grade hydrofluoric acid	3,700	FDACC	Business Div.
NH4F	2,200	FDACC	Business Div.
Buffer hydrofluoric acid	1,800	FDACC	Business Div.
Naphtha	3,800,000MT	FPCC	Refinery Div.
Gasoline	5,800,000KL	FPCC	Oil Product Div.
Disesel	7,600,000KL	FPCC	Oil Product Div.
Aviation fuel/kerosene	2,250,000KL	FPCC	Oil Product Div.
Fuel Oil	1,800,000KL	FPCC	Oil Product Div.
LPG	380,000MT	FPCC	Oil Product Div.

Jan 19, 2007 (SinoCast via COMTEX)

Formosa Plastics Group Plans to Invest in China Mainland

Formosa Plastics Group, one of the largest family firms of Taiwan, plans to build the factory of oil refining and ethene in Ningbo, located in Zhejiang province of China, according to sources.
This plan includes establishing 10 million tons oil refinery, 1.2 million tons splitting ethene factory, 600,000 tons propylene factory and other chemical products.

* ethene(IUPAC name)=ethylene

Platts 2007/8/14

Taiwan's FCFC to bring new PS plant in Ningbo online in October

Taiwan's Formosa Chemical and Fibre Corp expects to bring its new polystyrene plant in China, Ningbo, on-stream in October, a company source said Tuesday.

The 200,000 mt/year plant was previously slated to start up in August but due to incomplete construction works at the plant's facilities, that was postponed to Q4 of this year.

Styrene monomer feedstock would be provided by FCFC's new No 3 SM plant in Mailiao. The new 600,000 mt/year unit has been running at 100% nameplate capacity since June 8.

2008/1/21 Platts

Taiwan's FCFC mulls start-up of new PTA plant before June 2008

Taiwan's Formosa Chemical and Fibre Corp. is looking at the possibility of bringing its new 400,000 mt/year purified terephthalic acid plant in Loong-der on stream before June this year, a company source said Monday afternoon.

FCFC currently operates two PTA plants in Mailiao, both with a production capacity of 500,000 mt/year. The company also has an existing 700,000 mt/year PTA plant in Loong-der.

FCFC's new PTA capacity comes on the heels of recent start-ups and expansions, most notably China's BP Zhuhai 900,000 mt/year PTA plant in Zhuhai and South Korean Taekwang Industrial's newly expanded 950,000 mt/year PTA plant in Ulsan.

Taiwan's Formosa Plastics is likely to start commercial operations at its long-delayed 450,000 mt/year Ningbo polypropylene plant early-April, sources said Thursday.
Formosa finished construction work on the plant in June last year, but was unable to start commercial operations, pending approval from the Chinese government to use a discharging 揚荷 port for refrigerated propylene.

Taiwan's Formosa Chemical and Fibre Corp is aiming to start up its 600,000 mt/year purified terephthalic acid plant in Ningbo, eastern China, by the end of April--having recently received approval from the central Chinese government to begin operations--a company source said Monday.

Meanwhile, Formosa Plastics also recently received approval from the Chinese government to discharge refrigerated propylene to Ningbo. This would also allow the company to start commercial production at its 450,000 mt/year polypropylene plant there.

In response to the pledge of president-elect Ma Ying-jeou (国民党候補の馬英九氏) allowing Maoliao麦寮　harbor of the Formosa Plastic Group (FPG) to undertake direct cross-Taiwan Strait shipment, Y.C. Wang王永慶, founder of FPG, said yesterday (April 7) that the group will forgo its mega ethylene project in Ningbo of mainland China.

Wang made the remarks during a meeting between him, Ma, Morris Chang, chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), and Terry Guo, chairman of Hon Hai 鴻海　group, dubbed as an occasion for Ma to seek advices from the three business tycoons on the development of Taiwan`s economy.

Wang Jui-hua, vice president of FPG`s Group Administration Office and daughter of Y.C. Wang, noted that with opening up of direct cross-Strait shipment, FPG will be able to transport its petrochemical products from Mailiao to the mainland and therefore may not have to execute its mega ethylene project in Ningbo of China`s Zhejiang province.

Wang fell short of confirming FPG`s decision to forego the project outright, saying that despite the narrowing of the gap between investment conditions of Mailiao and Ningbo following inauguration of direct cross-Strait shipment, the two projects aim at different markets, and as such FPG would still execute the Ningo project should the government flash a green light.

Remarks of Wangs appear to underscore the difficulties confronting the FPG for the Ningbo project, mainly due to opposition of leading indigenous Chinese petrochemical makers, as a result of which China Petrochemical Corporation may take over the project.

FPG`s mega ethylene project in the Beilun Petrochemical Zone of Ningbo City envisions annual crude-oil refining capacity of 10 million metric tons and ethylene capacity of 1.2 million metric tons, similar to its existing petrochemical complex in Mailiao offshore industrial zone.

　【台湾のテレビ各局によると、台湾の「経営の神様」といわれた台塑集団（台湾プラスチックグループ）の創始者、王永慶Wang Yung-Ching,氏が１５日朝（米東部時間）、米ニュージャージー州の病院で、心筋梗塞のため死去した。９１歳だった。

　「台湾の松下幸之助」とも評される王氏は、１６歳で起業して１９５４年に台プラを創設。早くから巨大市場を抱える中国への進出を決め、中国要人とも交流関係を持つ台湾経済界の重鎮的な存在だった。

Wang died on early Wednesday morning in New York during a business tour to the United States from Oct. 11, the group said in a statement.

Wang set up the Formosa Plastics Corporation in 1954, which is now a major conglomerate in Taiwan. Its business covers biotechnology, petrochemical processing and electronic components production.

He was Taiwan's second-richest person with a net worth of US$6.8 billion (HK$53.04 billion).

フォーブスの2007年度世界長者番付によると、世界で82位に富豪とされている。

Taipei-born Wang opened a rice store as his first business in 1932 before founding Formosa Plastics Corp, Taiwan's biggest diversified industrial group, and then Nan Ya Plastics Corp. in 1958.

Formosa Petrochemical: To Build Butadiene Rubber Plant In China

Formosa Petrochemical Corp., Taiwan's only private refiner, plans to build a 50,000-metric-ton-a-year butadiene rubber plant in the eastern Chinese city of Ningbo, Chairman Wilfred Wang said Thursday.

The company expects to complete construction of the Ningbo plant in 2013, Wang said at a shareholders' meeting, but didn't elaborate.

He also said there is rising uncertainty over second-half global demand for petrochemical products, largely due to a potential slowdown in the Chinese economy amid a slew of tightening measures.

Formosa plans to focus more on exports to Southeast Asian nations to avoid the impact of a possible slowdown in Chinese demand, he said.

	Delaware	Illinois	Louisiana	Texas
Caustic	+	+	450	* 　 1,785
EDC	+	+	547	* 　 2,135
PVC Suspension Resin	+	+	918	1,266
PVC Dispersion Resin	144	+	+	+
Specialty PVC Resins Commodity PVC Resins	+	200 　　　200	+	+
VCM	+	+	1,410	840
Ethylene Gas	+	+	+	3,411
HDPE	+	+	+	1,484
LLDPE	+	+	+	582
PP	+	+	++	1,495 +140

PVC Resin	97,100	Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A
VCM	1,021,000	Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A
Caustic Soda	1,008,000	Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A, Formosa Plastics Corporation, America
Chlorine	896,000	Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A, Formosa Plastics Corporation, America
EDC	1,209,000	Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A, Formosa Plastics Corporation, America
Ethylene	1,500,000	Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A
Propylene	644,000	Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A
HDPE	600,000	Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A
PP	630,000	Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A
LLDPE	264,000	Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A
EG	327,000	Nan Ya Plastics Corporation, America
PVE Rigid Pipe	840,000	J-M
Polyester Staple Fiber	860,000	Nan Ya Plastics Corporation, America
Flexible PVC Film	960,000	Nan Ya Plastics Corporation, America
Rigid PVC Film	105,600	Nan Ya Plastics Corporation USA
BOPP	120,000	Inteplast
Stretch Film	32,000	Inteplast
PE Bags	198,000	Inteplast
XF Film	76,000	Inteplast
PP Corrugated Sheet	65,000	Inteplast
PVC Sheet	40,000	Inteplast
Concentrates	30,000	Inteplast
Natural Gas	8,472,00000MMBTU	Neumin
Condensate	284,000 BBLS	Neumin
Liquefied Natural Gas	582,000 BBLS	Neumin