Solvay Indupa successfully completes upgrade and expansion of its vinyl activities in Brazil
Solvay strengthens competitiveness of its PVC plant at Santo André, Brazil
The Santo Andre plant has now a total annual VCM and PVC production capacity of 300,000 metric tons, with state-of-the-art installations. PVC is used in indoor and outdoor construction, sheathing and insulating energy, automotive, telecommunications and special cables, electro-technical equipment, fluid transport systems at low or medium pressure and packaging.
The investment also includes a new unit of chlorine and caustic soda production based on the most efficient membrane technology, with consequent deactivation of the old unit based on mercury. This results in a reduction by 30% of electric energy consumption. This new unit increases caustic soda production capacity to 170,000 tons per year.
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