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Specialty Chemicals

Nouryon spends more on organic peroxides

by Michael McCoy
March 29, 2019 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 97, Issue 13

 

A photo of Nouryon's organic peroxides plant in Los Reyes, Mexico.
Credit: Nouryon
Nouryon has made several investments at its Los Reyes site.

Nouryon, formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals, plans to double capacity for solvent-based organic peroxides at its facility in Los Reyes, Mexico, by the second quarter of 2020. The firm says the project supports strong growth in the North American polymers business, where organic peroxides are used to initiate polymerization and for cross-linking. Nouryon recently completed an expansion of emulsion-based peroxide capacity at the site and is in the midst of another expansion.

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