Perstorp invests in caprolactone technology for PU market

THE Perstorp Group focuses on innovative caprolactone product range for the PU market at UTECH NA 2014. At this event, the company announces considerable investments to double the capacity for caprolactone production and substantially enhanced market and customer support as it aims to become a world leader in this technology.

Perstorp’s Capa? brand of performance enhancing caprolactones includes an extensive offer of Capa? monomer, Capa? polyols and Capa? thermoplastics. The substantial investments in this advanced and exciting product line will be particularly beneficial to the North American PU market. Capa? Monomer worldwide capacity has been doubled, alongside greater capacity and availability of Capa? polyols.

The latest Capa? investment has been the 2014 commissioning of a pilot plant to support customers’ development needs. Customers will now be able to obtain development samples from 200kgs to 800kgs from this new facility, bridging the gap between lab-scale and full commercial quantities.