MOSCOW (MRC) -- Hexion (Columbus, Ohio) says it will collaborate with D&R Dispersions and Resins (Wloclawek, Poland) on commercial production of isocyanates-free resins for paint and coatings producers using Hexion’s patented vinyl silane monomer coating technology, said Chemweek.
The collaboration through Hexion’s versatic acids and derivatives group “offers strategic manufacturing capabilities in Eastern Europe to meet the resin production needs for specialty applications,” it says. Hexion will supply the monomer for the venture with D&R.
"We are continuously exploring alternative monomeric raw materials and technologies; this collaboration allows us to create truly innovative and sustainable binder solutions for the coatings industry,” says Arkadiusz Kowalczyk, vice president at D&R, which specializes in the production of alkyd and acrylic resins used to make wood and metal paint.
As MRC informed earlier, Hexion, a major American manufacturer of phenol and bisphenol A (BPA), plans to close its BPA plant in Pernis (Pernis, The Netherlands) in early October for scheduled maintenance. This 120 ktpa BPA production facility will be closed in the second week of October and is expected to resume production in three weeks.
Phenol is the main raw material for bisphenol A (BPA) production, which in turn is used to produce polycarbonate (PC).
According to MRC's ScanPlast, in Russia, following the results of the first two quarters, the total estimated consumption of PC granulate in the Russian Federation (excluding imports and exports to Belarus) amounted to 47.3 thousand tonnes against 40.7 thousand tonnes in 2019. Total demand increased by 16%.
Hexion Inc., formerly Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc., is a chemical company based in Columbus, Ohio. It manufactures thermosetting resins and related technologies and specialty products. Hexion has two divisions: the epoxy, phenolic and coating resins division and the forest products division.
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