Lubrizol officially inaugurates CPVC manufacturing plant in Thailand for B&C Sector

21-Oct-15

The Lubrizol Corporation has announced the official opening of a chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC) resin manufacturing facility in Rayong, Thailand as part of a joint investment with Sekisui Chemical Company, Ltd. The plant opening is the latest in the company's efforts to increase global CPVC capacity as previously announced in 2013. Construction on the 25,600-square-meter-site began in April 2014. CPVC resin manufactured at this site will be a key ingredient in Lubrizol's proprietary Flowguard®, Blazemaster® and Corzan® compounds that are used by its customers to provide quality piping systems for the global building and construction industry. "We are dedicated to providing our customers with high quality compounds to support the global building and construction market," said Eric Schnur, president of Lubrizol Advanced Materials. "This facility is an important part of our expanded global manufacturing and supply infrastructure that enables Lubrizol to be a more valuable supplier to our customers, helping them to achieve their growth targets in new and existing markets and geographies." The Thailand facility, combined with Lubrizol's other recent investments in Louisville, Kentucky and Dahej, India, as well as its existing CPVC operations around the globe, better positions the organization to support its future business growth. The resin Lubrizol will ship from the Thailand plant will be further processed at these other Lubrizol facilities using proprietary processes developed through more than 50 years of compounding expertise. To commemorate the plant opening, Lubrizol and Sekisui hosted an opening ceremony at the plant. Schnur, along with several other members of Lubrizol's management team, were in Thailand for the opening, as were members of Sekisui's management team and officials with the Thai government.