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SHINTECH INC., the Houston-based subsidiary of ShinEtsu Chemical Co. Ltd., has obtained a Title V air permit from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) and begun construction of a new polyvinyl chloride plant.
The $250 million facility will be located across from a Dow Chemical Company plant in Addis, La., that will supply it with vinyl chloride monomer. The plant, which will have a capacity of 1.3 billion pounds, is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2001,...