Chemical Guide

Vinyls Italia is planning to restart its PVC plants in Italy in March 2011, after a break of almost two years, as a Russian-Swiss fund presents a final offer to buy the Italian producer.

The company halted three plants at Porto Marghera, Porto Torres and Ravenna.

Vinyls Italia closed in May 2009, when the PVC producer went into receivership, according to Platts.

The facility at Ravenna has a capacity of 205,000t per year, Porto Torres has a capacity of 65,000t per year and Porto Marghera a capacity of 200,000t per year.

Source: Chemicals-technology.com