Grace opens new facility in India

W. R. Grace & Co. has opened a new manufacturing facility in Chennai, India for the production of specialty chemicals used in commercial, infrastructure and residential construction. After a rapid scale-up of trial batches, the plant is now running full commercial production batches. The site currently produces cement additives that improve grinding efficiency, reduce the cost of cement production, and enhance cement performance. In the coming months, the site will also begin manufacturing admixtures for use in the production of concrete. “India is one of the world’s largest cement-producing nations and a natural location for us to invest in our global network,” commented Greg Freeman, vice president and general manager for Grace Construction Products-Europe. (August 13, 2009)