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Arkema Upgrades Clear Lake Acrylics Facility in North America

The new unit is expected to come on stream by mid-2019.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World, Coatings World and Ink World Magazine

Arkema is investing $90 million on its Clear Lake, TX site to replace existing acrylic acid production units with modern facilities using the latest available technologies. Arkema will position the Clear Lake site among the most competitive in North America while meeting growing demand in the region.
 
As part of its operational excellence program, Arkema has launched a project that will replace two 45kt/year acrylic acid reactors at the end of their life with a single 90 kt/year reactor at its Clear Lake site.
 
The new unit is expected to come on stream by mid-2019. At completion of this program, Clear Lake’s total acrylic acid production capacity will be 270 kt/year.
 
In the meantime, Arkema will continue to meet customer demand from its American plants, which benefited from a previous modernization program between 2012 and 2014, as well as its European and Asian plants.
 
With this investment Arkema confirms its position as the number two producer of acrylic acid in North America, and its strong position to meet the growing demand in markets such as superabsorbents, coatings and adhesives, polymers for water treatment, and enhanced oil and gas recovery.
 

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