GOC Taicang LAB Plant Shutdown: Market Impact Analysis

Great Orient Chemical mulls maintenance at LAB plant

Jun 18, 2026

Great Orient Chemical (GOC) is likely to take off stream its linear alkylbenzene (LAB) plant in Taicang. A source in China informed a team member, “The company is expected to halt operations at the plant for maintenance by early-November 2025. However, the duration of the outage has not been confirmed, and no official statement from authorized sources is currently available.” Located in Taicang, China, the plant has a production capacity of 100,000 mt/year.