Abstract
ACRYLIC ACID and its derivatives are in short supply, and the shortage couldn’t have come at a worse time for the paints and coatings industry. As the economy revives, paint markets are coming back to life. Paint manufacturers are now running at full tilt filling cans for the spring and summer house painting season. But many paint makers are not getting their full orders of raw materials and are paying increasingly higher prices for what they do get. Higher prices on store shelves and some spot shortages are likely to result. The problems are particularly acute for acrylic acid and derivatives such as butyl and ethyl acrylate. Earlier this year, Dow Chemical, the largest maker of acrylic acid and derivatives, began allocating acid supplies to customers because of mechanical problems at its Deer Park, Texas, plant. Arkema has had difficulty supplying customers since American Acryl, its Pasadena, Texas, joint venture with Japan’s Nippon Shokubai, shut ...
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