From July 7th to July 13th, Nantong Ecological Environment Bureau publicized the environment impact assessment (EIA) report of gum and HTV silicone rubber expansion project to be initiated by Shin-Etsu Silicone (Nantong) Co., Ltd. The RMB 120 million project will be constructed in the existing plant located in Nantong Economic and Technological Development Zone. Upon completion of the expansion project, the company will add capacity of 9,111.5 t/a of gum and 14 kt/a of HTV, making it have capacity of 15 kt/a of gum and 25 kt/a of HTV respectively.