Borden Restarts Some Idled PVC Capacity.With PVC PVC: see polyvinyl chloride. PVC in full polyvinyl chloride Synthetic resin, an organic polymer made by treating vinyl chloride monomers with a peroxide. supplies tight, Borden Chemicals and Plastics Ltd. in Columbus, Ohio Columbus is the capital and the largest city of the American state of Ohio. Named for explorer Christopher Columbus, the city was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, and assumed the functions of state capital in 1816. , has restarted idle capacity for commodity homopolymer PVC. Nine months ago, Borden closed half the 400-million-lb/yr plant at Iliopolis, Ill. Meanwhile, Borden plans to shed its methanol methanol, methyl alcohol, or wood alcohol, CH3OH, a colorless, flammable liquid that is miscible with water in all proportions. Methanol is a monohydric alcohol. It melts at −97. and nitrogen businesses to focus exclusively on PVC. |
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