Special chemicals group SNF Holding Company (Riceboro, Ga.) will invest $300 million in the U.S. in 2021-2022 for an additional 30,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) of powder-grade polyacrylamide (PAM) and 100,000 m.t./yr of Acrylamide production at the company’s facility in Plaquemine, Louisiana. The previously announced $1.2 billion investment to expand PAM production worldwide is in the final stages of completion. This has resulted in additional capacity in all key product areas and logistics for SNF’s USA operations.
SNF USA has completed emulsion-grade expansion capable of delivering 1 million m.t./yr of emulsions to the market. Also, SNF has improved its capabilities to provide last-mile logistics to all the major Oil & Gas basins, including two new facilities in Odessa and San Antonio, Texas, and a 500+ rail car fleet.
In Mississippi, SNF has commissioned a new production line to produce SAS/MAS, an essential product for Oil & Gas scale control, and completed the expansion of PolyDADMAC and Polyamine capacities.
In 2021, SNF will complete the construction of a new 50,000 m.t./yr ADAME (dimethylaminoethyl acrylate) monomer plant in Georgia, a new 30,000 m.t./yr powder PAM line in Louisiana, and 7 powder PAM grinders. The infrastructure for the new $300 Million investment for powder PAM and Acrylamide will begin in 2021, with completion in late 2022.
SNF is committed to the USA’s continued investment to keep pace with the growing demand for polyacrylamide, supporting the primary markets of Municipal & Industrial Water Treatment, Oil & Gas, Mining & Construction, Paper, Agriculture, and Personal & Home Care.