Röhm and OQ Chemicals break ground for new plant
Röhm and OQ Chemicals officially broke ground on a new world-scale methyl methacrylate (MMA) plant. The new facility will be constructed by Röhm at OQ Chemicals’ production site at Bay City, Texas.
OQ Chemicals will supply the new plant with raw materials and provide site services and utilities to Röhm. To this end, OQ Chemicals has invested significantly in additional capacity for propionaldehyde and local infrastructure. Röhm, a leading MMA producer and portfolio company of Advent International, will employ its latest proprietary production technology, LiMA (‘Leading in Methacrylates’).
250,000 metric tons of MMA annually
Once completed in early 2024, the new plant will produce 250,000 metric tons of MMA annually and create 70 direct jobs.
Dr. Oliver Borgmeier, CEO of OQ Chemicals, said: “With our project ‘Propel’, short for ‘Propyls Elevated’, we are expanding portfolio applications whilst supporting Röhm’s new MMA plant with key raw materials and site services. Our business in North America is strong, sustained, and successful, and the Bay City site is a core site for OQ Chemicals. Our significant investment in additional capacity for propionaldehyde and infrastructure there emphasises its importance and the trust we put in the Bay City site and its employees.”
