Rohm and Haas links up with Chinese PVC additives producer

18 December 2006 – Rohm and Haas, the acrylic polymer additives major based in Philadelphia, US, has announced a joint venture with Weihai Jinhong Polymer Company, a Chinese producer of PVC additives.

The new venture, Jinhong Rohm and Haas Chemicals Company, will deliver products aimed at the PVC packaging market in China.

Based at Jinhong’s Weihai City plant in Shandong province, the joint venture will manufacture methacrylate butadiene styrene (MBS), acrylic impact modifiers (AIMs) and acrylic processing aids.

“With this joint venture, we will become the first multinational company with a significant manufacturing footprint of plastic additive polymer in China,” said Joan Schuller, Rohm and Haas Asia-Pacific Region General Manager. “We are committed to a leadership position, and to growth in the China plastics additive market.”