Arkema to Further Modernize North American Acrylic Acid Production
Latest production technologies to be used in the upgrading of the Clear Lake, Texas facility.
Arkema (U.S. office in King of Prussia, Penn.) has launched a modernization project at its Clear Lake, Texas site, which will replace two 99-million lb/yr acrylic acid reactors at their end of life with a single 198-million lb/yr reactor that uses the latest production technologies. This is part of the company’s operational excellence program and when it comes on stream in mid-2019, will bring Clear Lake’s total acrylic acid production capacity to over 595 million lbs/yr. The company, the number two producer of acrylic acid in North America, will continue to meet customer demand from its American plants, which benefitted from a previous modernization program between 2012 and 2014, along with its European and Asian plants. Acrylic acid is used in a broad range of polymer formulations, including superabsorbent polymers (primarily for disposable diapers), polymers for water treatment and enhanced oil and gas recovery, as well as coatings and adhesives.
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