Taminco expands in North America
Taminco has significantly increased its
North American specialty amine derivatives capacity in order to address
growing market demand for a variety
of amine-derived products that are
used in water treatment, gas treatment, pharmaceuticals, coatings and
other applications. Three state-of-the-art production units—for the production of alkylalkanolamines (AAA) and
diethylhydroxylamine(DEHA)—are up
and running as part of a major expansion to its St. Gabriel, Louisiana site,
making it one of the largest specialized
amine derivative plants in the world.
The newly built multi-million dollar
units became fully operational in
August and marked the consolidation
of Taminco’s U.S. operations into two
facilities—St. Gabriel and Pace,
Florida. Ingham said the integration
has led to a significant reduction in
logistics as well as overall streamlined
operations.
LUBRIZOL CONTINUES
EXPANSION INTO CHINA
The Lubrizol Corporation broke
ground on its new additive plant in
China, the centerpiece of its previous-
ly announced 10-year investment
plan to upgrade operations and
increase its global capacity in lubri-
cant additives. The manufacturing
site in South China, within the
Zhuhai Gaolan Port Economic Zone,
will be developed and phased in to
meet market demand. By phasing in
select capacity additions in China,
Lubrizol aims to respond to lubricant
growth in Asia and better match its
manufacturing footprint with global
demand patterns. The site is ideally
located for exporting products
throughout the region. The plant is
scheduled to commence operations in
the first half of 2013. Production at
the plant will focus on select additive
components, eventually incorporating
driveline, industrial and fuel compo-
nents, manufacturing and blending. It
is estimated that the Zhuhai facility
will require an investment in excess
of $200 million over the next three
years. The new plant will be comple-
mentary to Lubrizol's existing joint
venture, Lanzhou Lubrizol Lanlian
Additive Co., Ltd.
MOMENTIVE AND HEXION
COMPLETE MERGER
Momentive Performance Materials
Holdings Inc., the parent company of
Momentive Performance Materials
Inc., and Hexion LLC, the parent com-
pany of Hexion Specialty Chemicals,
Inc., completed the previously
announced combination of Hexion and
Momentive. The combined forces now
have 117 production facilities, more
than 10,000 associates, pro forma
annualized sales of approximately $7.5
billion and proforma adjusted EBITDA
of $1.24 billion. The new Momentive is
one of the world's largest specialty
chemicals and materials enterprises
with approximately 28 percent of its
sales in fast-growing regions including
the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia,
India and China), 33 percent in Europe
and 39 percent in North America. The
combined companies will operate
under the Momentive name and are
introducing a new logo designed to cre-
ate a bold new look for the enterprise.
The new Momentive is headquartered
in Columbus, Ohio. Its silicones and
quartz business is headquartered in
Albany, New York. The new Momentive
is organized into three global business
divisions: Silicones and Quartz, led by
president Steven Delarge; Epoxy,
Phenolic and Coating Resins, led by
president Joseph Bevilaqua; and
Forest Products, led by president Dale
Plante. Momentive Performance
Materials was formed in 2006 through
the acquisition of GE Advanced
Materials. Hexion Specialty Chemicals
was formed in 2005 through the com-
bination of Borden Chemical, Inc.,
Resolution Performance Products, Inc.,
Resolution Specialty Materials, Inc.,
and Bakelite AG
PERSTORP DOUBLES PRODUCTION
CAPACITY AT ITS UK-SITE
Specialty chemicals company
Perstorp, supplier of caprolactones
and its derivatives, has announced the
investment to double the production
capacity of its Warrington, UK site is
on track to reach mechanical completion by the end of the year and begin
commissioning in early 2011. The full
capacity expansion is expected be on
stream in the summer of 2011.
According to the company, the market
for caprolactone-based technology is
growing rapidly by more than five percent per year. Caprolactones are used
in coatings, adhesives, sealants and
elastomers applications.
SUDARSHAN EXPANDS
HPP PIGMENT CAPACITY
Sudarshan Chemical Industries
Ltd., Pune, India, is set to invest
approximately $15 million to expand
capacity at its high performance pigments production facilities. The
products marketed globally under
the Sudaperm trademark meet the
durability requirements for exterior
coatings, plastics and specialty
printing inks where color retention
and chemical fastness are required
in-use. Sudarshan offers a wide portfolio of high performance pigments
including Benzimidazolone (PY154,
PO64), Isoindolinone (PY110),
Isoindoline (PY139), DPP (PO73,
PR264), Anthraquinone (PR177) and
Quinacridones (PV19, PR122). CW
