Dalton, Ga. (BUSINESS WIRE): MFG Chemical, a global leader in specialty and custom chemical manufacturing, is improving its manufacturing capabilities in Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate (DOSS) by upgrading its three Dalton, Georgia, plants.
“DOSS is a core chemistry of MFG Chemical, which the company has been producing in large quantities since 1982. These improvements in manufacturing quality, control, consistency, and efficiency will catapult MFG Chemical into an industry leadership position in the quality, efficiency, and safety of DOSS manufacturing.”
DOSS is a specialty surfactant used in the oilfield, lubricants, ethanol, coatings, and agricultural industries, as well as polymerization, paints and inks, pulp and paper, resins, textiles and carpets, rubber, metals and minerals, petroleum oils, and dry cleaning applications.
The upgrading of MFG Chemical’s Dalton plants has been named Project Odyssey. It is a multi-million dollar capital investment project which is already improving management systems related to process safety and key compliance workflows generally. It will be especially useful for improving the quality, consistency and safety of DOSS manufacturing.
The Project Odyssey improvements will include the following:
Joe Welch, Director of EHS&S, and Fred Carder, Mechanical Systems Manager, work together to assure all engineering and compliance aspects of Project Odyssey are being implemented on schedule. Welch stated, “DOSS is a core chemistry of MFG Chemical, which the company has produced in large quantities since 1982. These improvements in manufacturing quality, control, consistency, and efficiency will catapult MFG Chemical into an industry leadership position in the quality, efficiency, and safety of DOSS manufacturing.”
About MFG Chemical
MFG Chemical, LLC is a leading specialty and custom chemical manufacturer for a variety of global markets. The Company is headquartered in Dalton, GA, and operates four manufacturing facilities with world-class product development capabilities in Northwest Georgia and Pasadena, Texas.
Key chemistries include Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinates (DOSS), Amides, Esters, Imidazolines, Rheology Modifiers, Surfactants, Specialty Anhydrides, and Water-Soluble Polymers. In addition, the company recently received two SOCMA Awards for plant safety and process efficiency and has achieved ISO 9001: 2015 Certification. For more information, contact info@mfgchemical.com.
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MFG Chemical
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