# Arkema to build AHF plant at Nutrien's Aurora site in North Carolina

Arkema will invest USD 150 million in a 40 kt/year anhydrous hydrogen fluoride (AHF) plant at Nutrien's Aurora, North Carolina site. The plant is scheduled to start up in the first half of 2022 under a long-term supply agreement. About half the AHF will supply Arkema's Calvert City site for high-value polymers.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2020-06-03
- Where: Aurora, North Carolina, United States
- Value: $150.0M
- Starts operating: Q1 2022
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 40 kt/year anhydrous hydrogen fluoride
- Products: anhydrous hydrogen fluoride (AHF), high-value polymers, low-GWP fluorogases
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Arkema](https://endata.com/companies/7031.md)
- [Nutrien Ltd.](https://endata.com/companies/29098.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [chemxplore.com](https://chemxplore.com/news/arkema-nutrien-partnership-anhydrous-hydrogen-fluoride), 2020-06-03: "Arkema will invest US$150 million in a 40 kt/year anhydrous hydrogen fluoride (AHF) plant at Nutrien’s Aurora, North Carolina site."
- [arkema.com](https://www.arkema.com/global/en/media/newslist/news/global/corporate/2020/20200603-arkema-signe-un-a/), 2020-06-03: "Arkema will invest US$150 million in a 40 kt/year AHF production plant at Nutrien's site in Aurora (North Carolina), scheduled to start up in the first half of 2022."
- [coolingpost.com](https://www.coolingpost.com/world-news/arkema-signs-vital-hf-supply-deal/), 2020-06-03: "Arkema will invest US$150m in a 40kt/year AHF production plant at Nutrien’s site in Aurora, North Carolina, scheduled to start up in the first half of 2022."

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