Specialty chemicals company Nouryon says it plans to increase production capacity of its Expancel expandable microspheres in China. The increase reportedly will result from the relocation of its production site from Suzhou to Ningbo, China, which is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2021. Expancel expandable microspheres are used as a lightweight filler and blowing agent.
“Nouryon is seeing a marked increase in demand for expandable microspheres, which is being driven, in part, by global sustainability trends,” says Sobers Sethi, senior vice president, emerging markets and China at Nouryon. Expandable microspheres make customers’ end products lighter, incorporate high-performing insulation properties or better reflect light to reduce energy consumption, cost and environmental impact, according to the company.
The Ningbo facility is comprised of six plants that produce chelating agents, organic peroxides, and surfactants and will reportedly complement Nouryon’s existing expandable microsphere production sites in the US, Sweden and Brazil.
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