NOVA Chemicals to close Corunna facility temporarily

29 Dec '05

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Pittsburgh based Global chemical leader NOVA Chemicals Corporation announced plans to shut down its Corunna, Ontario, ethylene manufacturing facility on December 28, 2005, for additional compressor seal repairs.

The shutdown follows a successful plant start-up and commercial production of ethylene and co-products after a maintenance and modernization outage. Production of the full slate of products is expected to resume in approximately 12 to 16 days.

NOVA Chemicals' Sarnia area polyethylene assets will also be shut down as a result of the Corunna outage. The company continues to work with all impacted customers.

NOVA Chemicals Corporation was launched as an independent, publicly traded chemical company.

NOVA Chemicals produces commodity plastics and chemicals that are essential to everyday life. Their employees develop and manufacture materials for customers worldwide that produce consumer, industrial and packaging products.

They work with a commitment to Responsible Care to ensure effective health, safety, security and environmental stewardship.

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