China: RAG's subsidiary Degussa constructs methacrylate Verbund production
Degussa AG, plans to construct a major Verbund production (integrated production network) in Shanghai to manufacture methyl methacrylate (MMA) and methacrylate specialties. The Degussa Supervisory Board has now given the go-ahead for this facility to be constructed. The investment volume for the entire plant including all intermediates/order_t/'>intermediates is around 250 million euros, making it Degussa's second-largest single investment. The world-scale facility is scheduled to come on stream in 2009 on completion of the construction phase, which should last approximately two years. Once all the approvals have been obtained from the Chinese authorities, Degussa will construct an MMA facility with an annual capacity of 100,000 tonnes, which will practically all be processed into highly-refined methacrylate specialties and polymers/order_t/'>polymers. These are components used in a wide variety of products, such as LCD screens, scratch-proof paints, top-quality adhesives/order_t/'>adhesives, modern interior trims for cars and numerous plastics/order_t/'>plastics applications.
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