Kuraray starts up new 40,000 m.t./year PVOH plant in Pasadena, TX

摘要

Kuraray’s new 40,000 m.t./year polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) plant in Pasadena, TX, began production in January, making Kuraray the largest producer of PVOH in the world, the company says. Kuraray will hold a grand opening ceremony on 21 April. Global PVOH capacity totaled nearly 2 million m.t./year in 2015, according to the IHS Chemical Economics Handbook: Polyvinyl Alcohols.