ABSTRACT
For these two stages in the process of incorporating a technology we have data that are comparable across three of the four industries covered by our cases. For artificial fibres we have only qualitative information. Table 9.1, the first of the tables summarising the results of our case studies, provides the data on the speed with which facilities were brought into operation, expressed as the instantaneous rates of output, relative to the
Table 9.1: Summary table: design capacities and rates of output relative to design capacities
Actual output, as a percentage of design capacity, since start-up
Case Design capacity 1 month %
2 months %
6 months %
1 year %
2 years %
5 years % 10 years %
Petrochemicals (Ulsan plant) polyethylene
50,000 metric tons/year 71 94 98 113 139 131 98a
VCM 60,000 metric tons/year 40 64 69 93 92 103 86a
(Yeocheon plant) polyethylene 100,000 metric tons/year 69 38 12 75a 63a 115 —
VCM 150,000 metric tons/year 11 22 54 63a 76a 87 —
Diesel engines 24,000 engines/year (one shift/day)
n.a. n.a. n.a. 7a 11a 68a 63a
Iron and steel 1st stage 1,030,000 metric tons/Year 50 72 104 n.a. n.a. 110 (6 years)
2nd stage 1,570,000 metric tons/year n.a. n.a. 100 (80 days)
n.a. n.a. n.a.
