Eastman Chemical to Expand Capacity of Therminol Heat Transfer Fluid Capacity

Eastman Chemical Company EMN today broke ground on a capacity increase for its Therminol^® heat transfer fluids.  The plant expansion, located in Newport, Wales, will be a new manufacturing facility capable of producing Therminol 66 and other biphenyl based co-products.  The facility is expected to be operational in the second half of 2014 and will increase Eastman's total capacity for Therminol 66 by more than 50 percent.