Eastman Chemical has completed the expansion of its Eastman 168 non-phthalate plasticizers in Texas City, Texas, the company announced today. The expansion increased the facility’s overall capacity by 15%.
“With our view of global demand for DEHT at 500,000 tons by 2014, we see continued demand for non-phthalate plasticizers and expect the market to need our next phase of capacity expansion by mid-2016,” said Jon Woods, Eastman plasticizers business unit director. “This additional capacity would also leverage the existing plants in Kingsport and Texas City and be a relatively low cost investment that would take our full capacity for Eastman 168 above 200,000 tons.”
End markets for non-pthalate plasticizers include building and construction, health and wellness and consumer products.
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