Chemanol to build sulfonated naphthalene formaldehyde unit

Methanol Chemicals Co. (Chemanol; Ad Dammām, Saudi Arabia), a producer of methanol-based chemicals, plans to invest 75 million Saudi riyals ($20 million) to build a plant at its Al Jubail manufacturing complex to produce the superplasticizer sulfonated naphthalene formaldehyde (SNF). The facility will have an initial production capacity of 60,000 m.t./year. Construction is expected to start next year with commercial production commencing in 2015. The product is used in the construction sector. Chemanol’s board has approved the investment. The company says the...

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