Extraordinary announcement about change in nameplate capacities of the production facilities
Tisza Chemical Group Public Limited Company (TVK Plc.) hereby informs its shareholders and capital market participants that as a consequence of start-up experiences, warranty improvements, and smaller technology modifications that did not required significant financial forces, and as a result of using modern process control equipments (APC) the actual expected annual nameplate capacities of TVK Plc’s Olefin-2 and HDPE-2 Plants are higher than as originally planned. As a result of these, the capacities of the production facilities changed as follows:
|
Plant
|
Capacity (kt/year)
|
Technology
|
Year commissioned
|
|
2007
|
2008
|
|
Olefin-1*
|
370
|
370
|
Linde
|
1975
|
|
Olefin-2*
|
250
|
290
|
Linde
|
2004
|
|
Ethylene total
|
620
|
660
|
|
|
|
LDPE-1
|
32
|
32
|
ICI
|
1970
|
|
LDPE-2
|
65
|
65
|
BASF
|
1991
|
|
LDPE total
|
97
|
97
|
|
|
|
HDPE-1
|
200
|
200
|
Phillips
|
1986
|
|
HDPE-2
|
200
|
220
|
Mitsui
|
2004
|
|
HDPE total
|
400
|
420
|
|
|
|
PP-3
|
100
|
100
|
Himont
|
1989
|
|
PP-4
|
180
|
180
|
Himont
|
1999
|
|
PP total
|
280
|
280
|
|
|
|
Polymer total
|
777
|
797
|
|
|
* Production capacity calculated for ethylene