Chemetry Corp. and Braskem, the leading producer of thermoplastic resins in the Americas, will construct and operate a demonstration plant using Chemetry’s eShuttle technology for the production of ethylene dichloride (EDC) in Brazil.   The eShuttle EDC Process uses a unique metal halide ion process to produce high purity EDC, a commodity chemical used primarily for PVC production, without the generation of chlorine gas. The process significantly reduces electrical power consumption and production costs compared to the latest generation chlor-alkali processes. The eShuttle technology has been pioneered in Chemetry’s state of the art laboratories and fully integrated pilot plant in Moss Landing, California. eShuttle was among the honorees for the 2017 Kirkpatrick Chemical Engineering Achievement Award. The technology uses the same feedstocks and produces the same products (EDC, caustic and hydrogen) as conventional processes, making it ideal for both gr...