# Röhm to build MMA plant in Bay City, Texas

Röhm announced approval of final budget for construction of a new MMA production plant in Bay City, Texas, using LiMA technology, with capacity of 250,000 tons and 70 direct jobs, mechanical completion planned for 2023.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-06-30
- Where: Bay City, Texas, United States
- Jobs: 70
- Starts operating: 2023
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 250,000 tons per year
- Products: methyl methacrylate (MMA)
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [RÖHM Group](https://endata.com/companies/18449.md)
- [Wood Group](https://endata.com/companies/386.md) (partner)
- [OQ Chemicals](https://endata.com/companies/47268.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [roehm.com](https://www.roehm.com/en/detail/rohm-to-build-mma-plant-on-us-gulf-coast), 2021-06-30: "The new plant will have a production volume of 250,000 tons and create 70 direct jobs."
- [chemicalprocessing.com](https://www.chemicalprocessing.com/industrynews/news/11293166/rohm-starts-work-on-new-gulf-coast-mma-production-plant-chemical-processing), 2021-07-13: "The plant will reportedly be the first of its kind to implement Röhm's newly developed, proprietary ethylene-based LiMA technology on a large industrial scale."

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