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Arkema boosts capacity

April 17, 2006 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 84, Issue 16

Arkema is expanding capacity for the refrigerant hydrochlorofluorocarbon-22 (HCFC-22, chlorodifluoromethane) by 50% at its plant in Changshu, China. Though the U.S. and most of the developed world agreed, under the Montreal protocol, to phase out the ozone-depleting chemical in refrigeration applications, Arkema says it is still a fast-growing product in China, which has no such restrictions looming. The product is also enjoying strong growth in the region as a raw material to make polytetrafluoroethylene. Atofina, Arkema's predecessor, opened the plant in 2000.

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