In 1993, Formosa Plastics began construction of Taiwan's sixth naphtha cracker (the first five all belong to CPC). In addition, it went a step farther and invaded CPC's core business--petroleum refining.
民國八十二、三年間，台塑六輕廠（台灣的第六座輕油裂解廠，前五座均為中油所有）在雲林縣麥寮地區動工，並且更跨一步搶進中油的核心業務﹘﹘原油煉製，正式和中油打起對台。