Huber’s Fire Retardant Additives Business to Expand Capacity
ATLANTA - The Fire Retardant Additives (FRA) business unit, part of the Huber Engineered Materials division of J.M. Huber Corp., announced a 20% capacity increase at its manufacturing plant in Bauxite, Arkansas. The capacity increase supports the transfer of Huber’s proprietary technology for production of its fine precipitated Martinal® LEO alumina trihydrate products obtained from the 2016 acquisition of the Martinswerk facility in Bergheim, Germany. The expansion will also support the ongoing growth of existing product lines at Bauxite, which includes both Hydral® 710 and Hydral PGA fine precipitated hydrates.
“Since Martinswerk is now part of Huber, it is a logical step to create a strategic global product platform for our customers,” said Martin Schulting, Managing Director of Huber’s FRA European business.