IOC hydrogen generation unit goes on stream

A (paraxylene/purified terephthalic acid), the building block for the polyester industry, being set up at a cost of Rs 5,100 crore.  The second is a naphtha cracker with downstream polymer units for production of low density polyethylene (LLDPE), high density polyethylene (HDPE), polypropylene (PP) and specialty chemical mono ethylene glycol (MEG) used in synthetic fibre production along with PTA. The project would be completed by 2007-08.