Arkema and Essar announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding for the production of acrylic acid in India

24-Jan-2007

Arkema and Essar Chemicals Ltd., part of India's Essar Group, have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to study the feasibility of a 50/50 joint venture in India for the production and commercialization of acrylic acid and esters. For Arkema, this will be in line with its strategy to further develop its acrylics business especially in fast growing regions. For Essar, the venture would signify adding value to streams coming out of its world-class oil refinery recently commissioned in India.

The new world-scale production plant would come on stream in 2010. It would be located at Vadinar in Gujarat Province on India's Northwest coast, downstream from the recently commissioned Essar refinery, using propylene as feedstock.

"This unit should be the first acrylic acid plant to be built in India and would serve the fast growing acrylics market in this part of the world. Its location would be ideal to supply both the Indian and the Asian markets", comments Henri Dugert, Group President of Arkema's Acrylics Business Unit.

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