An industry source based in Russia informed a Polymerupdate team member on the startup plans of a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) complex operated by RusVinyl.
The source said, “located at Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod in Russia, the complex will have a PVC suspension plant with a production capacity of 300,000 mt/year, a PVC emulsion plant with a production capacity of 30,000 mt/year and a caustic soda plant with a production capacity of 235,000 mt/year.”
The source added, “the construction of the complex started on July 12, 2010 and is expected to come on-stream by 2013. The estimated cost of the complex is USD 1.3 billion.”
RusVinyl is a 50:50 joint venture between Russian petrochemical holding company Sibur Holding and Belgian PVC manufacturer Solvin.
