Rain Carbon to build water-white resins plant in Germany

STAMFORD, Conn., /PRNewswire/ -- Rain Carbon Inc., a leading global producer of carbon-based products, today announces that it will begin construction of a new resin polymerization and hydrogenation plant in mid-July at its integrated coal tar and petrochemical site in Castrop-Rauxel, Germany.

The plant hydrogenated water-white resins will serve as a cornerstone of Rain Carbon's new Advanced Materials product segment. Once operational in the third quarter of 2019, the plant will have a resins production capacity of up to 50,000 tons per year.

"In recent years, advances in science and engineering have unleashed the potential of coal and petro tars – two of our core raw materials – and we are rapidly mobilizing to leverage new opportunities to deliver advanced materials designed for lighter, faster and greener 21^st-century applications," said Rain Carbon President Gerard Sweeney.

"Hydrogenation is the next step for hydrocarbon resin producers, to satisfy evolving regulatory requirements and growing demand by consumer- and industrial-goods manufacturers for cleaner and safer raw materials," Sweeney explained.

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