4 June 2015
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in the presence of His Royal Highness the Sultan of Terengganu
and the Federal and State Government authorities of Malaysia,
invited 500 guests to the inauguration ceremony of
their joint platform on the Kerteh site in Terengganu.
The thiochemicals plant, which successfully came on stream
in Kerteh, Malaysia, beginning of 2015,
was officially inaugurated on 4 June 2015
in the presence of the main Malaysian authorities,
the French Ambassador, and
Arkema’s main customers in the Asia-Pacific region.
Arkema now operates world-scale thiochemicals plants
in Europe, the United States and Asia.
This world-scale thiochemicals platform produces
methyl mercaptan,
a synthesis intermediate for animal feed, as well as
dimethyl disulfide (DMDS).
The facility strengthens Arkema’s position
as the world leader in high added value sulfur derivatives,
and is fully consistent with the Group’s growth strategy in Asia.
The construction of the new plant
represented investments of some €200 million for the Group.
With this major project, a first-rate technological success,
Arkema reaffirms its know-how
in carrying through complex industrial projects together
with its expertise in thiochemicals.
The Group confirms its strong expertise of the production process
for methyl mercaptan,
a sulfur intermediate that is
key to the manufacture of the bio-methionine on the same site
by Korean company CJ CheilJedang
using an innovative biosourced process.
Furthermore, by doubling its DMDS global capacity,
Arkema also sustains the steady growth of
the petrochemicals and refining markets.
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