# Arkema to build world-scale PEKK plant in Mobile, Alabama

Arkema confirmed that its 'world-scale' PEKK plant in Mobile, Ala., will come on stream in the second half of 2018.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-02-23
- Where: Mobile, Alabama, United States
- Starts operating: Q3 2018
- Status: under construction
- Products: Kepstan PEKK polyetherketoneketone
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [plasticsnews.com](https://www.plasticsnews.com/article/20170227/NEWS/302279996/arkema-increases-pekk-capacities-to-meet-future-demand), 2017-02-27: "Arkema has announced doubling the capacity of its Kepstan PEKK product line in France and confirmed that its 'world-scale' PEKK plant in Mobile, Ala., will come on stream in the second half of 2018."

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