Viridis Chemical starts production of renewable ethyl acetate in Nebraska

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Viridis Chemical has announced the first production of renewable ethyl acetate from its manufacturing plant in Columbus (Nebraska, USA). 

Figure 1. Viridis plant in Columbus (taken from the website of Viridis)

HELM U.S. Corporation, Viridis Chemical’s exclusive marketing partner, is already in the process of sending samples and distributing material to ethyl acetate customers. The company will be increasing the production levels of ethyl acetate throughout 2022 and expect to be close to full production capacity by the end of the year. Ethyl acetate is widely used in the production of cosmetics, flexible packaging and coatings, paints and adhesives, as well as many other products.

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