# Arkema invests $90M to upgrade Clear Lake Acrylics facility

Arkema is investing USD 90 million to replace two 45 kt/year acrylic acid reactors with a single 90 kt/year reactor at its Clear Lake, Texas site, expected to come on stream by mid-2019.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-01-09
- Where: Clear Lake, Texas, United States
- Value: $90.0M
- Starts operating: Jul 2019
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 270 kt/year total acrylic acid capacity
- Products: acrylic acid
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [arkema.com](https://www.arkema.com/global/en/media/newslist/news/global/corporate/2017/20170106-arkema-modernise-/), 2017-01-09: "Arkema is investing US$90 million on its Clear Lake Texas site to replace existing acrylic acid production units with modern facilities using the latest available technologies."
- [coatingsworld.com](https://www.coatingsworld.com/breaking-news/arkema-upgrades-its-clear-lake-acrylics-facility-in-north-america/), 2017-01-09: "Arkema is investing US$90 million on its Clear Lake Texas site to replace existing acrylic acid production units with modern facilities using the latest available technologies."
- [chemanager-online.com](https://chemanager-online.com/en/news/arkema-upgrading-us-acrylic-acid-units), 2017-01-13: "French specialty chemicals producer Arkema is spending $90 million on upgrading technology at its Clear Lake, Texas site acrylic acid production units."

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