VATIS UPDATE Article

The Chemours Company, the United States, a global chemical company with leading market positions in titanium technologies, fluoroproducts and chemical solutions, has announced that, along with its partner Changshu 3F Zhonghao, China, it has broken ground on the world’s first full-scale production facility for HFO-1336mzz in China. This site, expected to begin production mid-year 2017, will provide increased capacity of low GWP foam expansion agents and refrigerants.

Foam expansion agents based on HFO-1336mzz, sold by Chemours as Formacel™ 1100, offer excellent environmental properties across a variety of applications, including appliances, spray foam and board stock. Formacel™ 1100 offers a range of benefits to help Chemours customers meet their long-term environmental needs. Formacel™ 1100 also offers superior stability compared to other olefin-based blowing agents, and its shelf life of up to 12 months allows customers to use the product with confidence over an extended period.

HFO-1336mzz is a preferred technology for many Opteon™ refrigerants due to its unique attributes of having low GWP, non-flammability, high efficiency and thermal stability. Chemours is actively developing several new refrigerant fluids based on HFO-1336mzz technology for a variety of applications, including traditional chiller systems and the emerging arena of waste heat recovery using technologies such as high temperature heat pumps. Contact: Janet Smith, The Chemours Company, Global Communications Leader, USA. Tel: +1-302-773-4508; E-mail: janet.e.smith@chemours.com.