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Emerald Kalama Chemical Completes Plant Expansion

Emerald Kalama Chemical, a business group of Emerald Performance Materials, announces the completion of its latest expansion at its facility in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The company commissioned a new flaker production unit for its Purox B pure grade benzoic acid.

The 20 kilo-ton capacity expansion is designed to support increased market demand for the product in the food and beverage, pharmaceutical, coatings and other industrial segments.

 

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