Formosa Plastics
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[[Image:Formosa Plastics plant near Illiopolis Illinois.jpg|thumb|A Formosa Plastics plant near [[Illiopolis, Illinois]]. It closed after exploding [[April 23]], [[2004]], killing five employees.[http://www.csb.gov/completed_investigations/docs/FormosaPlasticsIlliopolisReport.pdf] ]]
'''Formosa Plastics Corporation''' ({{zh-t|t=台灣塑膠公司}}; lit. "Taiwan Plastic Company") is a [[Taiwan]]ese company based in [[Taiwan]] that primarily produces [[polyvinyl chloride]] (PVC) resins and other intermediate plastic products. It is the corporation around which influential businessman [[Wang Yung-ching]] formed the [[Formosa Plastics Group]], and it remains central to the Group's petrochemical operations. The president of Formosa Plastics Corp. (FPC) is [[Lee Chih-tsuen]] (李志村).
The company was founded in 1954, with a [[United States dollar|$]]798,000 loan from United States aid agencies. The first PVC plant was constructed in [[Kaohsiung]] and production began in 1957. As of 2005, FPC is the largest producer of PVC resins in Taiwan. When FPC's [[United States|American]] operations are also considered, the company's total PVC resin capacity is 2.83 million metric tons per year, the highest in the world.
FPC maintains numerous subsidiaries throughout Taiwan, jointly held with other members of the Formosa Plastics Group. In addition, Formosa Plastics Corporation, USA was founded in 1978 as a wholly owned subsidiary of FPC. That subsidiary has, in turn, created four wholly owned chemical manufacturing subsidiaries in [[Delaware City, Delaware]], [[Illiopolis, Illinois]], [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]], and [[Point Comfort, Texas]].
==About Formosa Plastics Corporation==
Formosa Plastics Corporation's operations include chemical and petrochemical manufacturing.
In 1994,Formosa formed the Formosa Transrail to operate rail fleet.
==External links and references==
*[http://www.fpc.com.tw/enfpc/suba1-1.htm Company website]
*[http://www.fpcusa.com/ Company website for Formosa Plastics Corp., USA]
*[http://www.fpg.com.tw/html/fpg_cultural/history/history_eng.htm FPG official chronology]
[[Category:Companies of Taiwan]]
[[Category:Manufacturing companies]]
[[zh:台塑企業]]