Coatings World - October 2011

“This further reinforces Dow’s commit-
ment towards delivering on our strategy
of being a highly reliable organization and
growing with our strategic customers.”
GMA is a high purity, dual functionality
monomer ideally suited for coating and
resin applications. Primary applications for
GMA include automotive and powder coat-
ings, radiation curable coatings, waterborne
resins, industrial and protective finishes, ap-
pliance and hardware finishes, adhesives,
electrical laminates, hydrogenated LER sub-
stitutes as well as plastic modifiers.

Dow also expanded capacity for the production of crude ccrylic ccid (CAA) at its Bühlen, Germany facility by 25 percent. This represents the cumulative result of several successful debottlenecking and reliability initiatives that address Dow’s need to increase CAA capacity. This additional CAA at Böhlen will be used to increase butyl acrylate (BA) and glacial acrylic acid (GAA) production at the site.

“The crude acrylic acid capacity in-
crease is an important milestone for Dow,”
said Bob Summerhayes, global supply chain
director for performance monomers. “We
are excited to continue investing in our Eu-
ropean production footprint and about the
opportunities generated by Dow’s Euro-
pean customer base. Overall this is a valu-
able addition that reinforces Dow’s
commitment to growth for the region and
further adds to our global footprint.”
Acrylic monomers from Dow are used
primarily in coatings, inks, textiles, home
and personal care and energy markets.

Perstorp doubles caprolactone
capacity

Perstorp has doubled production capacity
of their Capa caprolactone plant in War-
rington, England. Due to the rapidly grow-
ing demand for caprolactones worldwide,
these specialty chemicals have been in short
supply for several years. In response, Per-
storp has taken steps to secure long-term
availability by investing in a second Capa
stream at its Warrington plant. Already the
world’s largest supplier of caprolactone and
its derivatives, Perstorp can now
offer twice the production, ac-
cording to the firm.

Huntsman to raise multifunctional epoxy resins capacity Huntsman Corporation has expanded multifunctional resins capacity at its McIntosh, Ala. site to serve its customers in the aerospace and composite industries. Huntsman Advanced Materials, one of the global market leaders in multifunctional epoxy resins, has invested significantly during 2011, expanding its capacity and capability to produce multifunctional epoxy resins both in the U.S. and in Europe by doubling the capacity at its Monthey, Switzerland facility and enhancing its current capability to produce purified resins at its McIntosh site. Once completed, the new line will further boost global production of all types of multifunctional epoxy resins. “Demand for multifunctional epoxy resins, as a replacement for aluminum and other materials and

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