Arkema Inc. (formerly Atofina Chemicals, Inc.) will be expanding its North American hydrogen peroxide production capacity by 20kt per year, starting by mid-2006 with a $10 million investment at its Becancour, Québec facility. “This expansion comes in time to meet the growing demands of our customers, particularly given the transition of a number of pulp and paper mills to high brightness grades and the development of new specialty grades and applications,” emphasized Ken Blackburn, general mana...