Eka Chemicals, AkzoNobel´s Pulp and Paper Chemicals business unit, will reduce the production capacity of sodium chlorate to meet shrinking market demand.
Eka Chemicals has decided to temporarily stop production at its factory in Norway and likewise partly close its chlorate production in Columbus, MS in the US. Production will be reduced also at other Eka chlorate plants for optimization of global operations due to high and varying energy costs.
“We see a global decrease in demand for sodium chlorate for pulp bleaching, combined with an escalating cost structure during recent years. Energy costs are flattening out but are still on an unacceptable high level, which force us to reduce our global production capacity”, says Lennart Nilsson, Director Global Marketing, Eka Chemicals.
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