Emerald Kalama Chemical, a division of Emerald Performance Materials, has started the construction of a new operation to produce K-FLEX® non-phthalate plasticizers and coalescents at its facility in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Performance Monomers business of The Dow Chemical Co. (Dow) announced that an incremental expansion strategy has unlocked an additional 15 percent of crude acrylic acid (CAA) capacity at its Deer Park, TX, facility.