Nouryon Plans to Build Bermocoll Facility in Southeast Asia
AMSTERDAM — Nouryon announced plans to build a new production facility to meet the increasing global demand for innovative and sustainable additives for the rapidly growing paints and coatings end-market and other high-growth end-markets. The new facility will be situated in Southeast Asia, and with a capacity of 15-20 kilotons, it will expand Nouryon’s Bermocoll® business, which supplies ethyl hydroxyethyl cellulose (EHEC) and other essential ingredients to multinational and regional customers.
“Demand for Bermocoll continues to increase as consumption of water-based and odorless paints rises and the Paints and Coatings end-market keeps growing,” said Larry Ryan, Executive Vice President and President of Performance Formulations and the Americas at Nouryon. “Nouryon recently invested in our two existing EHEC facilities to debottleneck production and increase capacity to meet existing demand until this new capacity comes online. Building a new plant, which will be our most advanced EHEC facility, is the next step for Nouryon to continue supporting market growth and providing our customers with long-term supply security while increasing customer intimacy,” said Ryan.