In Alabama, Evonik Corporation has completed a significant capacity expansion of its sodium methylate production facility located in Mobile, Ala. With the expansion, the production unit will now be capable of producing up to 90,000 metric tons per year. The growing usage of biodiesel and the decarbonization path defined by the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) […]
In Iowa, New Heaven Chemicals is set to begin in February producing 24,000 metric tons of sodium methylate annually to support the biodiesel industry that uses the liquid chemical as a catalyst. The facility owned by India’s TSS says it can sell its entire production to the 15 biodiesel plants located within 100 miles. Demand […]
In Iowa, ground has been broken on construction of the New Heaven sodium methylate plant in Manly that will supply the biodiesel industry when it comes online next year. Worth County provided tax incentives as well as a $300,000 cash incentive while the state’s economic development authority offered other incentives based on the 16 jobs […]
In Germany, effective July 1, or as contracts allow, Evonik Corp. will increase list and off list prices for all concentrations of sodium methylate solution in North America. Evonik is one of the world’s largest producers of sodium methylate solution, which is used as a catalyst in the production of biodiesel. It is also used […]
In Brazil, Camera Agroalimentos SA is planning an $11 million factory that will produce 15,000 metric tons of sodium methylate a year, a catalyst needed to produce biodiesel. The plant, which will open next year, anticipates the ethanol blending requirements in Brazil to rise to 10% by 2020. Camera is one of Brazil’s largest biodiesel […]
