Perstorp Explores Project to Produce Recycled Methanol
MALMO, Sweden — Specialty chemicals provider Perstorp is investigating the potential production of recycled methanol, using carbon dioxide and residual streams, at its facility in Stenungsund, Sweden. The Swedish Energy Agency (SEA) will partly finance the feasibility study.
Methanol is one of Perstorp’s major raw materials, used to produce polyols and formates, the building blocks of many consumer goods such as coatings and paints, composite materials, detergents, adhesives, cosmetics, and synthetic lubricants. Methanol is also used for Perstorp’s next-generation, phthalate-free plasticizer, Pevalen™.