Solvay Enters PEEK Production With Indian Plant

Solvay Advanced Polymers (Alpharetta, GA), a Solvay subsidiary, opened its first commercial plant for the production of polyether ether ketone (PEEK) recently at Panoli in the state of Gujarat, India. The 500-m.t./year facility uses the nucleophilic process developed by Solvay at the company’s Alpharetta site to produce n-PEEK, which it markets under the KetaSpire brand. The new unit joins an 80-m.t./year Gatone-brand PEEK plant at Panoli, which Solvay acquired from Gharda Chemicals (Mumbai) in 2005. That plant uses electrophilic technology based on...

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