1996 SP Chemicals (Taixing) Co., Ltd was incorporated. 1998 Commercial operation of 40,000 tpa caustic soda and 10,000 tpa aniline. 2000 Completed first capacity expansion of caustic soda and aniline, increasing annual capacities to 47,500 tpa and 13,000 tpa respectively. 2002 Completed second capacity expansion of caustic soda and aniline, increasing annual capacities to 97,500 tpa and 43,000 tpa respectively. 2003 SP Chemicals Ltd went IPO in Singapore and was listed on the Mainboard of the SGX-ST. 2004 Completed third capacity expansion of caustic soda and aniline, increasing annual capacities to 150,000 tpa and 43,000 tpa respectively. 2006 Completed construction of a 120 MW Cogeneration Plant. 2006 Completed fourth capacity expansion of caustic soda and aniline, increasing annual capacities to 300,000 tpa and 90,000 tpa respectively. 2007 Started commercial operation of a 200,000 tpa Vinyl Chloride Monomer (“VCM”) Plant. 2008 Completed fifth capacity expansion of caustic soda and aniline, increasing annual capacities to 450,000 tpa and 135,000 tpa respectively. 2008 Asia Chemicals Trading Pte Ltd was incorporated. 2009 SP Chemicals Ltd was privatized and delisted from SGX-ST. 2011 Completed sixth capacity expansion of caustic soda, increasing annual capacity to 750,000 tpa. 2011 Completed second phase capacity expansion of VCM, increasing annual capacity to 500,000 tpa. 2013 Commercial operation of a 320,000 tpa Styrene monomer Plant. 2015 Completed the second 100MW Cogen plant. 2016 Incorporated SP Olefins (Taixing) Co., Ltd and SP Chemicals Storage (Taixing) Co., Ltd in Taixing City, PRC.