# Röhm to build 250,000 t/yr MMA plant in Bay City, Texas

Röhm is constructing a new methyl methacrylate (MMA) production plant in Bay City, Texas, using its LiMA technology. The plant will have a capacity of 250,000 metric tons per year.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2022-10-19
- Where: Bay City, Texas, United States
- Jobs: 70
- Starts operating: Q1 2024
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 250,000 metric tons per year
- Products: methyl methacrylate (MMA), PMMA molding compounds
- 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)
- [OQ Chemicals](https://endata.com/companies/47268.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [roehm.com](https://www.roehm.com/en/detail/press-release-investments), 2022-10-19: "The central component of the strategy and the flagship project is the construction of a production plant for methyl methacrylate (MMA) in Bay City, Texas (USA) where the innovative LiMA technology developed by Röhm is used."
- [roehm.com](https://www.roehm.com/en/detail/rohm-and-oq-chemicals-break-ground-on-new-world-scale-methyl-methacrylate-production-plant-at-bay-city-texas), 2022-10-27: "The new plant will be the first to employ our unique LiMA technology on a large industrial scale."
- [european-coatings.com](https://www.european-coatings.com/news/markets-companies/roehm-and-oq-chemicals-break-ground-for-new-plant/), 2022-11-03: "Röhm and OQ Chemicals officially broke ground on a new world-scale methyl methacrylate (MMA) plant."
- [cen.acs.org](https://cen.acs.org/business/Business-Roundup/100/i39), 2022-11-03: "Röhm and OQ Chemicals have broken ground on their methyl methacrylate plant in Bay City, Texas."

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