Mysore Petro Chemicals restarts PA plant operations

Mysore Petro Chemicals after further delay in startup due to some technical problems has finally restarted and has stabilized operations of PA plant located at Raichur in Karnataka on August 01, 2011. Earlier, Mysore Petro Chemicals had taken a planned shutdown of its Phthalic Anhydride (PA) plant at Raichur, Karnataka for change of catalyst. The shutdown was expected to last for approximately three weeks i.e. upto July 08, 2011. Though the company had reported of having sufficient stock of PA in hand and the product supplies to the customers will be unaffected during the period of shutdown.

Mysore Petro Chemicals is engaged in the manufacture and sale of chemicals. Its products include phthalicanhydride and maleicanhydride. The company had installed capacity to produce 12,000 metric tonnes of PA and 5,400 metric tonnes of MA. Mysore Petro Chemicals PA plant is located at Raichur District, Karnataka, and its MA plant is located at Taloja, Maharashtra.