Arkema upgrades its Clear Lake Acrylics facility in North America

URLhttps://www.arkema.com/en/media/news/news-details/
Sourcearkema.com
Date Published01/09/2017
Mentions specific company case(s) of reshoring, kept from offshoring, or transplantYes

Additional Reshoring Information:

Company/Division name Arkema, Inc.
Parent companyArkema
Type of work Manufacturing
Reshoring category:Foreign Direct Investment
Year reshoring announced:2017
Year reshoring implemented or to be implemented:2019
Capital investment ($):90
Country(ies) from which reshored:France
City reshored to:Pasadena
State(s) reshored to:TX
If relevant, work nearshored to:-
Industry(ies):Chemicals
Product(s) reshoredacrylic acid
What non-domestic negative factors made offshoring less attractive?Other, chem update
What domestic positive factors made reshoring more attractive?Automation/technology, Higher productivity, Proximity to customers/market, U.S. price of natural gas/chemicals/electricity
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