Growth Strategy Lubrizol Invests 20-Million-Dollars to Improve Production of Innovative Acrylic Emulsions

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A 20-million-dollar investment has been announced by Lubrizol towards its Gastonia plant in North Carolina, USA. With this mega investment, the company aims to improve its production of innovative acrylic emulsions.

As part of its growth strategy for innovative resin technologies for coatings, Lubrizol announces a 20-million-dollar investment to its plant in Gastonia, North Carolina, to enhance production of innovative acrylic emulsions.(Source:  The Lubrizol Corporation)
As part of its growth strategy for innovative resin technologies for coatings, Lubrizol announces a 20-million-dollar investment to its plant in Gastonia, North Carolina, to enhance production of innovative acrylic emulsions.
(Source: The Lubrizol Corporation)

Ohio/USA – As part of its growth strategy for innovative resin technologies for coatings, Lubrizol announces a 20-million-dollar investment to its plant in Gastonia, North Carolina, to enhance production of innovative acrylic emulsions.

Dating back to the 1950s, Lubrizol has a long history of innovating and manufacturing acrylic emulsion technologies used in a variety of coatings formulations commonly used in diverse applications, including paper, textiles and construction materials. With over a dozen patents throughout the years in North America alone, Lubrizol’s acrylic emulsions have pioneered step changes in coating performance, from UV and chemical resistance to hardness and toughness improvements to self-dispersibility to lower VOCs and more.

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“Our commitment to innovation and production of world-class acrylic emulsions will continue, as evident by this significant investment,” shared Luis Carthery, Sr. Business Director-Americas, Lubrizol. “While some Hycar Acrylic Emulsions first commercialized in the 1960s continue to have significant sales volumes today, we continue to innovate and bring modern resin technologies to customers, helping them achieve advanced performance capabilities for their coatings.”

“The investment in Lubrizol’s manufacturing facility in Gastonia includes updated processing equipment, storage tanks, packaging equipment, and an increase in overall production capacity to serve our customers,” added Tom Zagore, Sr. Director for Product Management. “Safety and operating efficiency are key drivers for the changes. As Lubrizol continues to drive acrylic product performance, we need to be capable of handling product complexity, system optimization, and the safe handling of materials to achieve the highest level of Responsible Care compliance, employee safety, and operational efficiency.”

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