New Acrylic Monomer Unit Addition to be Located in Georgia

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated; Houston, Texas). NCF Manufacturing (Riceboro, Georgia) plans to construct a new acrylic monomer unit addition at its' Riceboro, Georgia manufacturing plant. The project investment is estimated at $16 million and will increase acrylic monomer production capacity. Mid South Maintenance will most likely engineer the new unit and construction is scheduled to begin July 2003.

Acrylic monomers polymerize easily and are very versatile. They are used to manufacture many household, recreational and industrial products. NCF also manufactures over 8,000 tons per year of acrylate polymers at the Riceboro site.

NCF Manufacturing is headquartered out of Andrezieux Cedex, France under the name SNF Floeger and has more than 30 subsidiary companies. NCF is a company that manufactures over 1,000 products for a wide array of applications and is a world leader in the field of flocculants for water treatment. Flocculants combine with suspended solids and enable them to be removed from water. Agri-Food industries, mines, paper mills and other industries make up the vast users of flocculants. NCF currently has over %25 of the world market in this area.