China’s Kingboard Group started construction of a 100,000 tonne/year caustic soda plant and a 50,000 tonne/year epichlorohydrin (ECH) plant in Hunan Hengyang Songmu Industrial Park on 20 August. The construction of the two plants, at a cost of yuan (CNY) 560m ($82m), was expected to be completed in December 2010. Kingboard Group, which has its headquarters in Hong Kong, currently produces chemicals such as methanol, formalin, hydrogen peroxide, phenol/acetone, bisphenol A (BPA), caustic soda, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), coking coal and coke products at its subsidiaries in China. 建滔集团于8月20日在湖南衡阳启建一台年产10万的烧碱装置和一台年产5万的ECH装置，预计2010年12月完成，将花费5.6亿人民币（约合8200万美元）。