p>Japan's Shin-Etsu Chemical is operating its expanded PVC plant in Plaquemine, Louisiana, at 100% of capacity, sources close to the company said Wednesday.
The plant was restarted in September after completing expansion works, however, the exact date is not known.
Shin-Etsu's PVC business in the US is operated by Shintech, Shin-Etsu Chemical's wholly owned subsidiary. Shintech's Plaquemine PVC plant's capacity was doubled to 600,000 mt/year during the expansion.
Shintech has three PVC plants in the US, including the Plaquemine plant. The other two are a 1.45 million mt/year PVC plant in Freeport, Texas and a 300,000 mt/year plant also in Louisiana.
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