Construction to Begin at Emerald Kalama Chemical in the Netherlands for Non-Phthalate Plasticizers Manufacturing Operation

27-Jan-2012 - Netherlands

Emerald Kalama Chemical, a division of Emerald Performance Materials, announced that it has started the construction of a new operation to produce K-FLEX® non-phthalate plasticizers and coalescents at its facility in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The new operation is scheduled to be commissioned during the third quarter of 2012.

Emerald Kalama Chemical acquired the Rotterdam facility from DSM in December 2010. The Rotterdam manufacturing operations are certified to a number of important quality standards, including ISO-9001, ISO-14001, HACCP, and FamiQS. The new K-FLEX line addition represents Emerald's first major investment designed to expand the range of products at Rotterdam. The company also manufactures its K-FLEX product line in the United States at its Kalama, Washington facility, which is strategically located on port and rail lines on the Pacific coast. Emerald previously announced the completion of a 25 percent capacity expansion and building of a new technical center to support the growth of its K-FLEX products at the Kalama, Washington site. The U.S. facility, which also produces benzoic acid and a range of benzoate products, began producing K-FLEX plasticizers in 1981.

"Rotterdam will be an ideal location from which to serve our customers throughout the region as this business continues to grow," added Golnar Motahari Pour, K-FLEX product line manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa. "Rotterdam is the largest port in Europe with outstanding connections to the rest of the world. We see this as an advantage to provide effective logistic solutions to EMEA customers, as well as those in other continents. With the addition of our new capability in Europe, as well as what we have in place in the United States, Emerald Kalama Chemical will be strategically well situated to serve our customers world-wide."

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