Pigment facility expands

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 114 KB
• Volume: 1998
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1365-6937
• DOI: 10.1016/s1365-6937(98)90161-7

✦ Synopsis

Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, USA to house its machine shop operations and additional burning equipment.

The company is investing approximately US$7.5 million to construct the facility and purchase the assets of JNT Precision Machining. The construction project includes an 80 000 sq ft facility, with sufficient property to double the size of the operation at a later date.

COAGULANTS JOINT VENTURE IN MEXICO

Kemira Chenficais' Swedish subsidiary Kemira Kemi, and the Mexican company PJ Ensio, are forming a joint venture for the production of water treatment coagulants.

The companies are to invest in a prodffction plant outside Mexico City, the first stage of which will have a capacity of approximately 30 000 tonnes. The production mainly includes polyaluminium chlorides and iron-based products.