The coating and adhesive resins business line expects the additional production capacity to be ready as early as the second quarter of 2024, following the double-digit million-euro investment.
With the additional investment in new manufacturing equipment, the company moved its finished goods distribution and warehouse from the Surrey plant to a new 60,000-square-foot high-bay facility with increased stocking capacity, as well as a special area designed for the handling and storage of high-performance industrial coatings.
This world-scale syngas facility, fully integrated into the Verbund site in Zhanjiang, China, is scheduled to start up in 2025. The plant will adopt unique process concepts to reduce carbon emissions compared to conventional syngas plants.
The new methyl methacrylate (MMA) plant will be constructed in Bay City, Texas. OQ Chemicals will supply the new plant with key raw materials, and provide site services and utilities to Röhm.
Teknos Group Oy announced the opening of its new Commercial and Competence Center with technical application laboratory, training, and warehouse facilities in Dong Nai Province, Vietnam.
The increased capacity in Europe will shorten lead times, reduce shipping costs, and establish local supply for Extreme Coatings’ growing customer base throughout Europe.
To support demand for high-performance plasticizers, Polynt has started the process to install a new esterification plant for the production of special plasticizers, mainly trimellitates, at its site in Atlacomulco, Mexico.