| 1973
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Grand
Pacific Petrochemical Corporation (GPPC) was founded under the name of Delta Petrochemical Corporation.. |
| 1974
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Delta Petrochemical's styrene
monomer plant No. 1, also the first in Taiwan, was built, with an
annual capacity of 80,000 metric tons. |
| 1981
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Delta Petrochemical's styrene
monomer plant No. 2 was built, with an annual capacity of 100,000
metric tons. |
| 1984
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Following a corporate reorganization, Delta Petrochemical became Grand Pacific Petrochemical Corp. The
company's first ABS/SAN plant was completed. With an annual production
capacity of 20,000 metric tons, the plant marked the first step in
Grand Pacific's product diversification and vertical integration strategy. |
| 1987
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Expansion
of the ABS/SAN plant to increase capacity to 33,000 metric tons was
completed. |
| 1988
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GPPC
was listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange. |
| 1990
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GPPC
acquired GPPC Chemical, a high-impact polystyrene (HIPS) producer. |
| 1991
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GPPC
acquired BC Chemical, a high-impact and general purpose polystyrene
(GPPS) producer.
GPPC invested in Grand Pacific Chemical (Thailand) Co., Ltd., and
acquired a Thai ABS plant with an annual production capacity of 8,000
metric tons. |
| 1992
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ABS/SAN
production capacity was expanded to 50,000 metric tons per year.
GPPC invested in CITC Enterprise in Malaysia, a pre-colored plastic
compounder. |
| 1994
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Annual
ABS/SAN production capacity was increased to 80,000 metric tons.
Debottleneck of second SM plant increased total SM production capacity
to 210,000 metric tons per year. |
| 1995
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GPPC
acquired Delta Gas Products, a high purity hydrogen producer. |
| 1996
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GPPC
subsidiary, Zhengjiang GPPC Chemical Co., Ltd., was founded in Jiangsu
Province, China, with annual production capacities of 40,000 metric
tons of SAN/ABS.
Grand Pacific Chemical (Thailand) Co., Ltd., expanded annual ABS capacity
to 18,000 metric tons. |
| 1997
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GPPC
was awarded both ISO 9002 and ISO 14001 certification by the Bureau
of Commodity Inspection and Quarantine, Ministry of Economic Affairs,
R.O.C..
GPPC ventured itself into the arena of high-tech fields. |
| 1999
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GPPC's
styrene monomer plant No. 3 was built, with a total annual production
capacity of 330,000 metric tons. |
| 2000
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BC
Chemical expanded its annual HIPS capacity to 56,000 metric tons.
Zhengjiang GPPC Chemical Co., Ltd. expanded annual SAN/ABS capacity
to 80,000 metric tons. |
| 2001 |
GPPC
was awarded ISO 9001/2K Version certification by the Bureau of Standard
Metrology and Inspection, Ministry of Economic Affairs, R.O.C.. |
| 2002 |
Zhengjiang
GPPC Chemical Co., Ltd. expanded its annual SAN/ABS capacity to 140,000
metric tons. |
| 2003 |
GPPC
was awarded SONY "Green Partner" Certificate, and
OHSAS 18001certification
by SGS. |
| 2005 |
GPPC announced
to expand Zhengiang GPPC's SAN/ABS capacity to 250,000 metric tons
per year by the first quarter of 2007.
GPPC was award ASUS "Green Management System" Certificate.
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