Hercules Announces Capacity Expansion for Natrosol HEC.Business Editors WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 28, 2003 The Aqualon Division of Hercules Incorporated (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :HPC (Handheld PC) A palmtop computer that weighs less than one pound and runs specialized versions of popular applications. Microsoft coined the term for its Windows CE operating system, which is an abbreviated version of Windows. See Pocket PC. ) announced capacity expansion plans for its Natrosol(R) HEC HEC Hautes Études Commerciales HEC Hautes Etudes Commerciales (French) HEC Higher Education Commission (Pakistan) HEC Hydrologic Engineering Center (Davis, CA) (Hydroxyethylcellulose) and Natrosol(R) Plus product lines. The expansion, which will be staged at two of Aqualon's production facilities in the U.S., in Virginia Virginia, state, United States Virginia, state of the south-central United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), North Carolina and Tennessee (S), Kentucky and West Virginia (W), and Maryland and the District of Columbia (N and NE). and New Jersey, and its facility in The Netherlands, will begin in the 4th quarter 2003 and is scheduled for completion by the end of 2004. The expansion and upgrades will increase annual capacity by 10,000 tons and have the added capability to produce new products now under development. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. John Televantos, President of the Aqualon Division, "These expansions can be achieved efficiently at a fraction of the cost of a comparable green field investment. More important, this initiative will allow us to continue to support the growth of our paint, construction, personal care, and oil field customers." Hercules manufactures and markets chemical specialties globally for making a variety of products for home, office and industrial markets. For more information, visit the Hercules website at www.herc.com. |
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