# Arkema completes Forane 1233zd production unit in Calvert City, Kentucky

Arkema completed a new production unit for Forane 1233zd at its Calvert City, Kentucky plant, increasing North American output to 15 kilotons per year. The company invested over $60 million in the unit.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2025-08-26
- Where: Calvert City, Kentucky, United States
- Value: $60.0M
- Starts operating: 26 Aug 2025
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 15 kilotons per year
- Products: Forane 1233zd foam blowing agent, Forane HTS 1233zd
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Arkema](https://endata.com/companies/7031.md)

## Sources

- [forane.arkema.com](https://forane.arkema.com/en/news/non-global/products/fluorochemicals/news-16/), 2025-08-28: "Arkema announces today the ribbon cutting of the Forane® Foam Blowing Agent (FBA) 1233zd unit at its Calvert City, Ky. manufacturing plant."
- [achrnews.com](https://www.achrnews.com/articles/165192-arkema-plant-will-onshore-refrigerants-production), 2025-09-01: "The new production unit manufacturing Forane FBA 1233zd and Forane HTS 1233zd further enables Arkema´s strategy to become a leader in specialty materials"

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