American Acryl invests in Pasadena (Texas)

American Acryl invests in Pasadena (Texas)

American Acryl has acquired a site nearby Pasadena, Texas for its $150 million acrylic acid plant. The facility will be located in the Bayport Industrial District along the Houston Ship Channel.

American Acryl is a 50/50 North America joint venture of Nippon Shokubai and Elf Atochem, which announced one year ago their intention to produce acrylic monomers in America.

The Bayport facility will include a 120,000 tonnes per year acrylic acid plant and a butyl acrylate plant separately owned and managed by Elf Atochem.

When in operation, the acrylic acid and butyl acrylate facilities will create a total of approximately 115 new permanent jobs and numerous temporary contract jobs. The project will provide 500-600 local construction jobs.

Major construction is expected to begin in 1999, with first production beginning mid-2000.

The acrylic acid unit will utilise Nippon Shokubai's state-of-the-art proprietary technology and all the facility is designed to operate within stringent environmental standards.

Elf Atochem and Nippon Shokubai plan to independently utilise their share of the acrylic acid production from the American Acryl plant.