Notice: Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly. Translation loading for the wordpress-seo domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /var/www/html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6260 Dow’s performance monomers business increases capacity - Coatings World

What are you searching for?

Sign in
Suppliers News

Dow’s performance monomers business increases capacity

Author Image

By: KERRY PIANOFORTE

Editor, Coatings World, Coatings World

The performance monomers business of The Dow Chemical Company has completed several capacity expansion projects as a result from debottlenecking initiatives and reliability improvement plans. The business recently announced a 10 percent increase in capacity for the production of glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) at its Freeport, Texas facility and a 15 percent increase in capacity for the production of 2-ethyl hexyl acrylate (2-EHA) at its Hahnville, Louisiana facility. The business also announced that capacity for the production of crude acrylic acid (CAA) at its Böhlen, Germany facility has increased by 25 percent, which will be used for the production of butyl acrylate (BA) and glacial acrylic acid (GAA) at the site.  In addition, Performance Monomers has capacity expansion projects for butyl acrylate (BA), ethyl acrylate (EA) and two other acrylic acid units upcoming

Add us as a preferred source on Google

Get the latest Coatings World news, insights and analysis in your Google Search and AI experiences.

Add Coatings World as a preferred source on Google (opens in a new tab)

Keep Up With Our Content. Subscribe To Coatings World Newsletters