MOSCOW (MRC) -- Arkema, a France-based chemical manufacturer and the world’s second leading producer of organic peroxides, , has inaugurated a new electrolysis unit at the company’s Jarrie plant near Grenoble, France, as per Arkema's press release.
The commissioning of the plant marks a new milestone in the site’s modernisation. This EUR100 m investment has enabled the facility to adapt to the latest regulations on industrial risks and to convert its mercury electrolysis to the membrane technology, thereby pre-empting the mandatory deadline by several years.
Jarrie ranks among the world’s leading hydrogen peroxide sites and is also positioned in the chlorine and derivatives market.
At the same time, the conversion of mercury cell electrolysis to membrane electrolysis pre-empts by several years the mandatory deadline for the phase-out of mercury cell electrolysis operations by end 2019. Furthermore, the site’s energy efficiency has improved.
As MRC informed previously, in January 2014, Arkema announced the construction of a new organic peroxide plant on its Changshu site in China. This investment will help double the site’s production capacity. By doubling its production capacity in China, Arkema will continue to support the strong growth in the organic peroxide market in Asia, a region in which the group is also a producer in India, South Korea and Japan.
Arkema with annual revenue of EUR6.4 billion is a leading European supplier of chlorochemicals and PVC. Kynar and Kynar Flex are registered trademarks of Arkema Inc. Arkema operates 11 organic peroxide plants on the three continents.
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