Analytical capabilities include
deformulation, materials identification, contaminant identification and failure analysis. For
product development, Chemir now offers
complete coatings formulation services,
feasibility studies, process improvement,
performance testing, scale-up and manufacturing support.
Emery Oleochemicals to
expand production of green
polymer additives
Emery Oleochemicals celebrated the
groundbreaking of its Loxstedt manufacturing facility expansion and construction
of the Technical Development Center
(TDC). Valued at an estimated € 20 million (US$25million), it is billed as the
company’s largest investment in Loxstedt
to-date, reinforcing its significance to the
company’s global strategy of becoming a
key player in the green polymer additives
segment and is scheduled for completion
by the end of 2013.
“With this expansion, we aim to sup-
port both existing and new customers by
increasing our Loxstedt capacity and in fo-
cusing on strategic product development
works. We see a steady annual growth in
plastic additives consumption of four to
five percent worldwide making our Loxst-
edt expansion integral and timely,” said
Kongkrapan Intarajang, group chief exec-
utive officer, Emery Oleochemicals. “Our
investments here combined with our global
reach, innovation and market insights will
prove instrumental when partnering with
customers to find solutions necessary to
meet the rapid product evolution seen in
the green polymer additives segment.”
The Loxstedt manufacturing facility
expansion will encompass substantial
technological enhancement of its current
infrastructure, which will allow for the de-
velopment of its existing natural-based
product portfolio that includes highly-spe-
cialized additives for the plastics, coatings
and lubricant industries.
The Loxstedt TDC on the other hand,
is designed to serve as the Global Centre
of Excellence for Emery Oleochemicals’
green polymer additives business.
Emery Oleochemicals is headquartered
in Malaysia and its two production facilities in Europe are both based in Germany.
The existing Loxstedt facility produces
specialty solutions while the Düsseldorf
site produces a combination of both commodity and semi-commodity solutions.
The company has an extensive distribution network covering over 50 countries
and also supports the marketplace
through its manufacturing and sales and
service offices located in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America.
Invista expands Terate aromatic
polyester polyol production
Invista Specialty Materials is investing
several million dollars at its two Terate
aromatic polyester polyols manufacturing
sites located in Wilmington, North Carolina, and Vlissingen, Netherlands. CW
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