Celanese Corporation is reportedly preparing to bring its acetic acid unit in Pulau Sakra, Singapore, back online in the coming weeks, according to market sources. The facility, which has a nameplate capacity of 600,000 metric tons per year, was taken offline in mid-August 2025 for scheduled maintenance. An industry source familiar with the matter told […]
Whispers in China’s chemical corridors suggest that Guangxi Huayi Energy Chemical has quietly brought its No. 2 acetic acid plant in Qinzhou back online around September 25, 2025, following a scheduled maintenance shutdown beginning September 17. A source based in China relayed the restart, though no formal confirmation has come from company officials. The Qinzhou […]
Celanese is preparing to bring its acetic acid unit in Pulau Sakra, Singapore, back online in the first half of October 2025, according to an industry source. The facility has been offline since mid-August 2025 for scheduled maintenance, and while market chatter points to an imminent restart, the company has yet to issue an official […]
Lotte INEOS Chemical is preparing to take offline its acetic acid unit in Ulsan, South Korea, for a planned maintenance turnaround. According to market sources, the company is expected to halt operations at the facility by mid-October 2025. While the specific duration of the shutdown has not yet been revealed, the move is drawing attention […]
Market sources in China report that Shanghai Huayi Chemical has successfully restarted operations at its acetic acid facility in Anhui province. According to industry participants, the plant, located in Wuwei, is heard to have resumed production around September 4, 2025, following a short maintenance shutdown that began on August 30, 2025. Although the company has […]
Market sources report that Kyodo Sakusan has resumed operations at its acetic acid unit located in Aboshi, Japan. According to industry participants, the company is heard to have restarted the plant on September 1, 2025, following a maintenance shutdown that began on August 19, 2025. While confirmation from an official company spokesperson has not been […]
Market reports from Singapore indicate that Dairen Chemical is preparing to reduce operating rates at its Vinyl Acetate Monomer (VAM) plant. According to industry sources, the facility, located on Jurong Island, is expected to be run at around 80 percent of its production capacity starting from mid-September 2025. The development has sparked attention within the […]
Evonik has officially inaugurated Asia’s first world-scale alkoxides facility on Jurong Island, Singapore, a development that marks a pivotal step in its global catalyst strategy and reinforces its long-term commitment to the region. The plant, which carries an annual production capacity of 100,000 metric tons, represents a mid-double-digit-million-euro investment first announced in May 2023. Built […]
Zhejiang Petroleum & Chemical (ZPC) has temporarily shut down its vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) plant in Zhoushan for scheduled maintenance, according to a Polymerduniya source. The shutdown began around August 5, 2025, and is expected to last two to three weeks, during which time operations at the facility will remain offline. The Zhoushan plant has […]
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