Replies to post #18030 on Alcar Chemicals Group, Inc. (fka ALCX)

[MrBigz]

Société PCI Chimie Canada
675 boul. Alphonse-Deshaies
Bécancour, Québec, G9H 2Y8
Tel. : [phone]
Fax : [phone]
www.piona.com
http://www.piona.com/locations/becancour.asp

http://www.spipb.com/english/parc_industriel/details.php?fiche=44§ion=entreprise

Finished Products Annual Capacity
Sodium hydroxide 350 000 metric tonnes
Chlorine 310 000 metric tonnes
Hydrochloric acid 170 000 metric tonnes

By-products Annual Capacity
Gaseous hydrogen 9 000 metric tonnes

Raw Materials
Salt

Investment Employees
$200 000 000 165

Area
73 hectares

Background
First large company to be established in Bécancour in 1974.

Business Description
Products from the electrolysis of brine are obtained by dissolving salt in water.

Market
Chlorine is used in the purification of potable water and the manufacture of solvents, insecticides, herbicides, PVC, plastics and medicines.
Sodium hydroxide is used in the metallurgy, petroleum, paper and paint industries.

Environmental Protection
Société PCI chimie Canada has distinguished itself many times in the field of environmental protection.

Contact Persons
Pierre Ducharme,
Manufacturing Director - Canadian Operations [e-mail]
Michel Garant,
Engineering Manager [e-mail]
Claude Giguère,
Production Manager [e-mail]