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Arkema to modernize acrylic acid plant

by Alexander H. Tullo
January 16, 2017 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 95, Issue 3

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Arkema will modernize this acrylic acid plant in Texas.
Photo of lights at Arkema’s Clear Lake acrylic acid plant flickering on as the big blue Texas sky yields to night’s cool indigo.
Credit: Arkema
Arkema will modernize this acrylic acid plant in Texas.

Arkema is spending $90 million on upgrades to its acrylic acid complex in Clear Lake, Texas. The company is replacing two aging reactors, each with 45,000 metric tons of annual capacity, with a single 90,000-metric-ton train. The project will be completed by mid-2019. Arkema calls itself the second-largest acrylic acid maker in North America, after BASF.

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