Acrylate Market Size & Share 2026-2035

Acrylate Market Size

The global acrylate market was valued at USD 13.8 billion in 2025. The market is projected to reach USD 24.7 billion by 2035, expanding at an approximately 5.7% CAGR from 2026 to 2035.

Acrylate value creation begins with acrylic acid and extends through esterification into monomers, functional intermediates, dispersions, and energy-curable systems. Propylene oxidation remains the established industrial route to acrylic acid, making the availability and economics of upstream petrochemical feedstocks central to commodity-grade acrylate competitiveness ^{[1]Chemical Engineering Online, Acrylic Acid Production via Propylene Oxidation (Intratec Solutions), chemengonline.com}.

The market combines a large-volume base in butyl acrylate, methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, and 2-ethylhexyl acrylate with faster-moving niches in high-purity, functional, long-chain, and energy-curable materials. Commodity grades retain their scale because coatings, pressure-sensitive adhesives, paper treatments, and textile binders require reliable volumes at formulation-compatible cost. In contrast, electronics, medical, optical, and specialty curing applications raise the value of purity control, tailored functionality, and qualification support.

Asia Pacific represented USD 6.67 billion in 2025, nearly half of global demand, reflecting its concentration of coating, adhesive, hygiene, electronics, packaging, and construction manufacturing. China alone accounted for approximately USD 3.00 billion. Paints and coatings constituted the largest application at USD 3.75 billion, while adhesives and sealants represented USD 3.37 billion. The market's growth is therefore tied less to a single end-use cycle than to the combined consumption of acrylic binders and reactive monomers across construction, packaging, hygiene, transportation, and industrial manufacturing.

Sustainability is becoming a commercial differentiator rather than a purely developmental theme. Arkema began exclusive bioethanol-based ethyl acrylate production at Carling, France, in October 2024, with 40% bio-carbon content and an announced reduction of up to 30% in product carbon footprint ^{[2]Arkema, Launches Ethyl Acrylate Based Entirely on Bioethanol at Carling, France, October 2024, arkema.com}. BASF subsequently transitioned its (meth)acrylate portfolio to bio-based ethyl acrylate, using a product with 40% biogenic content. LG Chem announced commercial production plans for 100% plant-based acrylic acid derived from 3-hydroxypropionic acid, initially at prototype scale. These initiatives do not displace the petroleum value chain in the near term, but they establish separate qualification routes for customers seeking attributable bio-based content.

This split changes the practical meaning of integration. Upstream integration into acrylic acid and esterification remains a cost and supply-security advantage for standard grades, particularly when feedstock markets move abruptly. Yet downstream specialization increasingly determines margin resilience. Producers that can pair integrated supply with high-purity processing, energy-curable formulation capability, or certified bio-content have more avenues to protect value when merchant commodity prices weaken. The commercial risk lies with suppliers whose portfolios are concentrated in broadly substitutable grades and whose customer contracts do not adequately absorb feedstock volatility.

Key Drivers

Growing demand from paints and coatings industry

Paints and coatings are the largest acrylate application, valued at USD 3.75 billion in 2025. Acrylic chemistry remains foundational to architectural, industrial, protective, automotive, and specialty coating formulations because acrylic binders can combine weatherability, pigment compatibility, film flexibility, and waterborne formulation capability. The American Coatings Association identified a global paints and coatings market of approximately USD 202 billion in 2024, illustrating the scale of the addressable downstream base ^{[3]American Coatings Association, Global Market Analysis for the Paint & Coatings Industry (2024-2029), January 2025, paint.org}.

The driver is strengthened by construction activity rather than merely by coating replacement demand. Turner & Townsend identifies sustained infrastructure and urban-development activity across Asia, including China and India, as a continuing source of construction-material demand ^{[4]Turner & Townsend, Global Construction Market Intelligence 2025: Asia, publications.turnerandtownsend.com}. Such projects draw on protective coatings, architectural finishes, waterproofing systems, and application-specific adhesives over extended procurement cycles. This broadens acrylate demand beyond short-lived consumer spending patterns.

VOC regulation also redirects demand toward acrylic systems. Directive 2004/42/EC establishes VOC limits for decorative paints, including a 30 g/L ceiling for certain interior waterborne matt coatings. This does not eliminate compliance cost, but it favors waterborne acrylic emulsions where formulators need to meet performance and emissions requirements simultaneously.

Expanding superabsorbent polymer applications in hygiene products

Superabsorbent polymers depend on acrylic acid as their principal chemical precursor. The SAP application segment was valued at USD 0.85 billion in 2025 and is forecast to grow at 6.31% CAGR. Demand is supported by two different demographic patterns: adult incontinence products in aging economies and greater diaper penetration in developing hygiene markets. Both favor secure, qualified supplies of high-purity acrylic acid because residual monomer control is a key production and product-quality consideration.

Nippon Shokubai inaugurated a 100,000 MT/year acrylic acid facility in Indonesia in 2023, an investment explicitly linked to regional SAP demand. Its published capacity profile also identifies an additional 50,000 MT/year SAP facility under construction in Indonesia for planned 2027 operation. The combination is strategically significant: integrated acrylic acid-to-SAP investments reduce exposure to merchant monomer availability while placing supply closer to Southeast Asian hygiene-product manufacturing.

Rising adoption in adhesives and sealants

Adhesives and sealants represented USD 3.37 billion in 2025 and are forecast to grow at 6.15% CAGR. Pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes and labels, packaging adhesives, structural bonding, and construction sealants all rely on acrylic chemistries where tack, peel strength, durability, and formulation flexibility must be balanced. The Adhesive and Sealant Council projected that the North American adhesive and sealant market would rise from USD 24.83 billion in 2025 to USD 30.74 billion by 2030.

E-commerce packaging expands consumption of labels, tapes, and protective films, while construction uses increase demand for weather-resistant sealants and jointing materials. Automotive lightweighting adds another mechanism: acrylic adhesives can join dissimilar substrates without the added weight or corrosion pathways associated with mechanical fastening. These applications support medium-chain acrylates, particularly 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, whose performance contribution is harder to replicate with a simple commodity substitution.

Key Restraints

Volatility in raw material prices

Acrylic acid and acrylate producers remain exposed to petrochemical feedstock movements because propylene is central to the established production route. The exposure is operationally consequential: when feedstock prices rise faster than contract pass-through mechanisms, integrated producers may preserve more margin than merchant producers and downstream formulators may face abrupt input-cost pressure. Reuters reported that Asian petrochemical producers faced weak margins in 2024 amid capacity additions and subdued downstream demand, demonstrating the regional divergence that can arise in the propylene chain.

For acrylate suppliers, volatility matters less as an immediate demand destroyer than as a constraint on realized revenue and investment timing. Price uncertainty complicates inventory planning, long-term supply commitments, and capacity decisions. It also creates a competitive advantage for producers with upstream integration, diversified feedstock access, and contractual mechanisms that adjust pricing more rapidly.

Stringent environmental regulations

REACH requires registration, hazard assessment, and risk-management obligations for chemical substances manufactured or imported into the European Union above defined volume thresholds. Acrylate suppliers must therefore maintain registration dossiers, exposure-scenario documentation, product stewardship systems, and downstream communication. The burden is particularly material for smaller producers or importers with limited scale across which to spread regulatory and analytical costs.

Environmental standards have a dual effect. VOC restrictions accelerate conversion to waterborne acrylic technologies, creating demand for certain compliant formulations. At the same time, they increase reformulation work, certification needs, and market-access risk for products serving sensitive end uses. The EU Ecolabel criteria for paints and varnishes add another layer of procurement relevance for formulations designed for lower-impact specifications. Suppliers that cannot support customers with compliance documentation and reformulation expertise may lose position even when their underlying monomer remains technically viable.

Regulation is similarly non-linear. Compliance requirements raise the cost of serving Europe and other regulated markets, which can pressure smaller suppliers and slow individual product launches. Yet the same VOC rules favor waterborne acrylic platforms over higher-emission alternatives. The commercial implication is that regulatory capability has become part of product capability. Producers that combine compliant chemistry, application support, and feedstock discipline are better positioned to convert environmental constraints into customer-retention advantages.

Acrylate Market Segment Analysis

By product type

Short-chain acrylates (C1-C4) were valued at USD 8.02 billion in 2025 and are forecast to grow at 4.30% CAGR. Methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, butyl acrylate, and isobutyl acrylate form the market's volume base because they are used in established coating, adhesive, textile, paper, and rubber systems. BASF's Zhanjiang Verbund investment includes planned capacity of 400,000 MT/year for butyl acrylate, reinforcing the continued strategic importance of this product family in Asia ^{[5]BASF SE, Youyi Signing Ceremony: Acrylic Acid Complex at Zhanjiang Verbund Site, April 2024, basf.com}. The segment grows below the market average because its major applications are mature and exposed to transparent merchant pricing.

Medium-chain acrylates (C6-C10) accounted for USD 4.93 billion in 2025 and are expected to expand at 7.15% CAGR. Their growth is led by 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, a major monomer in flexible pressure-sensitive adhesives and low-temperature coating systems. The same Zhanjiang project includes 100,000 MT/year of 2-ethylhexyl acrylate capacity. This segment benefits from adhesive, automotive, construction, and specialty-coating demand, where flexibility and adhesion performance lift the cost of switching to alternate chemistries.

Long-chain acrylates (C12-C22) represented USD 0.90 billion in 2025 and are forecast to grow at 8.01% CAGR. Lauryl, stearyl, and behenyl acrylates serve specialized uses in personal care, water-repellent treatments, release coatings, and high-value industrial formulations. Their smaller base supports a higher growth rate, but their significance lies in specialization: long alkyl chains provide hydrophobicity, texture modification, and tailored surface properties that are not supplied by commodity short-chain monomers.

By grade

Commercial and technical grades (98 to 99%) represented USD 11.10 billion in 2025 and are projected to grow at 4.84% CAGR. These materials dominate standard coating emulsions, pressure-sensitive adhesives, paper coatings, and textile binder systems. Their economics remain primarily shaped by feedstock cost, plant utilization, logistics, and customer contract structures.

High-purity grades (>99%) were valued at USD 2.20 billion in 2025 and are forecast to grow at 7.49% CAGR. They serve applications where residual inhibitors, dimers, or trace contaminants can impair cure kinetics, optical properties, or end-product consistency. Toagosei's ARONIX product family and Arkema's Sartomer range illustrate the specialty acrylate platforms used in UV, LED, and EB-curable formulations ^{[6]Toagosei Co., Ltd., ARONIX UV-Curable Resins, Polymer and Oligomer Business, toagosei.co.jp}.

Ultra-pure grades (>99.5%) represented USD 0.54 billion in 2025 and are forecast to record the highest grade-level CAGR, at 11.66%. Semiconductor-related coatings, display materials, optical systems, and medical formulations impose tight impurity specifications and longer qualification cycles. These requirements create a technical barrier that can protect pricing, although the segment remains dependent on the pace at which electronics and medical customers approve new materials.

By feedstock

Petroleum-based acrylates were valued at USD 12.50 billion in 2025 and are expected to grow at 4.96% CAGR. Existing propylene-to-acrylic acid infrastructure, established esterification capacity, and long-standing downstream formulation compatibility preserve their dominant position.

Bio-based acrylates represented USD 1.02 billion in 2025 and are forecast to grow at 9.25% CAGR. The segment's momentum comes from multiple routes rather than a single technology. Arkema's bioethanol-based ethyl acrylate route, BASF's bio-based ethyl acrylate conversion, and LG Chem's 3-hydroxypropionic-acid pathway demonstrate that the industry is pursuing different approaches to reduce fossil-carbon dependence. Commercial adoption will depend on attributable carbon benefits, secure feedstock sourcing, price premiums, and drop-in performance.

Glycerol-derived acrylates (acrolein route) were valued at USD 0.33 billion in 2025 and are forecast to grow at 13.94% CAGR. Glycerol offers a potential link between biodiesel co-product availability and bio-based acrylic acid production. Lakril Technologies is developing a catalytic route using corn-derived feedstocks, supported through Argonne National Laboratory's Chain Reaction Innovations program. The high projected growth rate reflects an early commercial base; it should not be interpreted as evidence that glycerol-derived supply will displace conventional capacity within the forecast period.

By application

Adhesives and sealants are projected to grow at 6.15% CAGR from a USD 3.37 billion base. The segment is supported by pressure-sensitive adhesives, structural bonding, tapes, labels, packaging systems, and weather-resistant sealants.

Paints and coatings, valued at USD 3.75 billion in 2025, remain the largest application despite a comparatively moderate 4.39% CAGR. Their scale makes them the principal determinant of baseline acrylate consumption, especially in waterborne architectural and protective formulations.

Superabsorbent polymers (SAP) were valued at USD 0.85 billion and are forecast to grow at 6.31% CAGR. Hygiene-product expansion favors integrated acrylic acid suppliers that can meet high-purity and supply-continuity requirements.

Textiles and nonwovens accounted for USD 1.06 billion in 2025 and are forecast to grow at 3.94% CAGR. Arkema introduced ENCOR bio-based waterborne dispersions for textile printing and finishing in January 2025, reporting up to 30% bio-based content and up to 40% lower carbon footprint for the range. The development illustrates how textile applications are shifting from standard binders toward materials that can satisfy both performance and sustainability specifications.

Plastics and polymers represented USD 1.28 billion and are forecast to grow at 6.51% CAGR. Acrylate chemistry supports impact modification, processing aids, acrylic resin systems, and transparent polymer applications where weatherability and optical performance are important.

Paper and paperboard were valued at USD 0.64 billion and are forecast to grow at 2.66% CAGR. Packaging-board demand offers some support, but mature graphic-paper markets constrain the broader segment.

Personal care and cosmetics accounted for USD 0.59 billion and are forecast to grow at 7.43% CAGR. Carbomers, acrylate crosspolymers, film formers, and rheology modifiers benefit from premium formulation demand and the need for differentiated texture, stability, and sensory performance.

Construction materials represented USD 1.00 billion and are forecast to grow at 6.73% CAGR. Sealants, waterproofing membranes, tile adhesives, grouts, and concrete admixture-related chemistries link this segment to infrastructure activity and urban development.

Electronics and electrical applications were valued at USD 0.59 billion and are expected to grow at 7.43% CAGR. Global EV production reached 17.3 million units in 2024, with China producing more than 70% of the total. Battery-cell output reached 867.8 GWh during the same year. These figures establish a growing manufacturing base for advanced adhesives, coatings, and potential battery-binder applications. Research has shown that flexible acrylate thermosets can provide cathode-binder performance comparable to PVDF under specified conditions, although broad commercial qualification remains application-dependent.

Medical and healthcare applications represented USD 0.46 billion in 2025 and are forecast to grow at 8.79% CAGR. Medical coatings, dental materials, wound-care adhesives, and transdermal systems require biocompatibility, residual-monomer control, and validated performance. These demands create higher barriers to entry and help explain the segment's premium growth outlook.

Others, including acrylic rubber, water treatment, mining, and specialty polymers, were valued at USD 0.26 billion and are forecast to grow at 3.26% CAGR.

By curing technology

Thermal curing accounted for USD 7.82 billion in 2025 and is forecast to grow at 4.69% CAGR. It remains the prevailing route for large-scale emulsion polymerization, conventional coatings, and standard adhesive systems.

UV curing represented USD 3.25 billion and is forecast to grow at 7.70% CAGR. Its appeal rests on rapid cure, low solvent use, and processing efficiency in packaging, electronics, decorative coatings, wood, and dental applications. Allnex's energy-curable resin platform exemplifies the breadth of UV/EB acrylate technologies used in these applications.

Electron-beam (EB) curing was valued at USD 0.87 billion and is forecast to grow at 7.11% CAGR. It avoids photoinitiators and enables deep curing, but accelerator investment limits adoption to larger, performance-sensitive production environments.

Moisture curing represented USD 1.14 billion and is forecast to grow at 6.61% CAGR. It supports exterior sealants, flooring adhesives, and weatherproofing products that need ambient application without UV exposure.

Ambient and room-temperature curing accounted for USD 0.76 billion and are forecast to grow at 1.78% CAGR. The lower rate reflects mature applications and competition from curing technologies that offer faster throughput or more controlled performance.

By distribution channel

Direct sales accounted for USD 9.25 billion in 2025 and are forecast to grow at 5.01% CAGR. High-volume monomers commonly move through direct contracts because customers require consistent supply, standardized specifications, and price-indexing arrangements.

Distributors and resellers represented USD 3.96 billion and are forecast to grow at 6.38% CAGR. Their role is more prominent for specialty grades, regional customers, smaller order sizes, and applications requiring blending, warehousing, and technical support.

Online platforms were valued at USD 0.64 billion and are forecast to grow at 9.47% CAGR. The channel is most relevant for high-purity, laboratory, and specialty materials where customers value broad catalog access, smaller quantities, and rapid procurement.

The feedstock split reinforces this pattern. Petroleum-based acrylates will continue to dominate due to installed capacity and established demand, but bio-based and glycerol-derived routes can command disproportionate attention in specifications where carbon provenance is commercially relevant. The opportunity is not simply to sell a lower-carbon molecule; it is to offer a compatible material with verified content, stable quality, and documentation that fits a customer's qualification process. Suppliers that treat sustainability as an integrated product-and-service proposition are more likely to capture the faster-growing specialty pools.

Acrylate Market Regional Analysis

Asia Pacific

Asia Pacific was valued at USD 6.67 billion in 2025 and is forecast to grow at 6.16% CAGR. The region combines substantial production capacity with end-use manufacturing across coatings, adhesives, hygiene, electronics, textiles, packaging, and consumer goods. Turner & Townsend reported Asia construction-market revenue of USD 7.07 trillion in 2024, underscoring the scale of the regional construction base that supports coating, sealant, and adhesive demand.

China

represented approximately USD 3.00 billion in 2025 and is forecast to grow at 5.58% CAGR. It is both a major consuming market and a center of new capacity. BASF's Zhanjiang investment illustrates the strategic importance of China to global butyl acrylate and 2-ethylhexyl acrylate supply. China's large EV and battery manufacturing base also provides a long-term pathway for advanced acrylate adhesives and coatings, although battery-binder deployment remains qualification-sensitive.

India

benefits from infrastructure development, urbanization, construction, packaging, and expanding hygiene consumption. Its demand outlook is supported by construction activity and by the gradual development of local chemical supply chains. Japan remains a center for high-value acrylic acid, SAP, specialty monomers, and UV-curable materials. Nippon Shokubai's production footprint and Toagosei's specialty acrylate portfolio show the region's continuing role in quality-critical applications ^{[7]Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd., Company Profile (Production Capacity Data), shokubai.co.jp}. South Korea is notable for LG Chem's bio-acrylic acid initiative and for its concentration of semiconductor, display, and battery manufacturing.

Australia

and the rest of Asia Pacific provide incremental demand through construction, textile manufacturing, personal care, packaging, and hygiene-product supply chains. Southeast Asia is especially relevant to SAP expansion, as demonstrated by Nippon Shokubai's Indonesian investments ^{[8]Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd., Inauguration Ceremony Held for New Acrylic Acid Facility in Indonesia, May 2023, shokubai.co.jp}.

Europe

Europe was valued at USD 2.89 billion in 2025 and is forecast to grow at 4.60% CAGR. The region's market is mature in volume terms but active in formulation change. REACH obligations, VOC limits, and Ecolabel requirements favor suppliers that can document performance and compliance while supporting waterborne, lower-emission, and specialty formulations.

Germany

remains central to European chemical production and downstream industrial demand. France is strategically important because Arkema's Carling site has become a commercial platform for bio-based ethyl acrylate. The UK, Italy, Spain, and the rest of Europe support demand through architectural coatings, industrial maintenance, automotive refinish, packaging, and construction sealants. European suppliers face persistent pressure to defend specialty margins against imports and against weaker regional industrial cycles, which increases the importance of differentiated grades and value-added service.

North America

North America was valued at USD 2.72 billion in 2025 and is forecast to grow at 5.03% CAGR. The U.S., valued at approximately USD 2.26 billion, is forecast to grow at 4.58% CAGR. Adhesives and sealants provide an important demand base, supported by packaging, construction, automotive assembly, and broader industrial manufacturing.

The region's petrochemical integration supports large-volume acrylate production, while its medical-device, electronics, packaging, and advanced-manufacturing markets create outlets for high-purity and functional grades. EV battery investment provides a developing demand corridor for advanced binders and adhesives, but commercialization depends on qualification results rather than on vehicle-production growth alone. Canada remains closely tied to U.S. industrial and automotive supply chains, with demand concentrated in specialty coatings, adhesives, infrastructure, and manufacturing.

Latin America

Latin America was valued at USD 0.99 billion in 2025 and is forecast to grow at 6.53% CAGR. Brazil is the region's largest market, supported by paints, coatings, packaging adhesives, consumer goods, and personal care manufacturing. Mexico benefits from its integration with North American automotive, appliance, electronics, and packaged-goods supply chains, which sustains demand for pressure-sensitive adhesives, assembly adhesives, and protective coatings.

Argentina

and the rest of Latin America remain smaller but relevant markets for construction, consumer products, packaging, and industrial coatings. Regional growth depends heavily on local manufacturing investment, import availability, currency conditions, and distributors' ability to provide technical support for specialty formulations.

Middle East & Africa

The Middle East & Africa was valued at USD 0.56 billion in 2025 and is forecast to grow at 6.25% CAGR. Saudi Arabia's infrastructure and industrial-development programs support demand for protective coatings, construction adhesives, sealants, and waterproofing materials. The UAE's commercial development, real estate activity, and manufacturing ambitions similarly support specialty applications.

South Africa

remains a key Sub-Saharan market because of its mining, automotive, industrial, and construction activity. Sasol's regional presence is relevant to oxo-alcohol and specialty chemical value chains that connect to higher-alkyl acrylate ester production. Across the rest of MEA, construction growth and expanding hygiene-product consumption provide incremental demand, although markets remain more dependent on imports, local distribution capability, and project-led purchasing cycles than the major industrial regions.

Europe and North America offer slower aggregate growth but more favorable conditions for premiumization where regulation, application engineering, and customer qualification matter. Latin America and MEA deliver higher proportional growth from smaller bases, largely through construction, consumer goods, and hygiene development. Market entry in these regions requires more than supply availability: distributors, technical support, inventory positioning, and customer education often determine whether a specialty acrylate product can convert regional demand into recurring business.

Acrylate Market Share & Competitive Landscape

The competitive structure spans integrated acrylic acid and ester producers, specialty energy-curable resin suppliers, and regional commodity manufacturers. Integration remains decisive for large-volume grades because it provides control over feedstock sourcing, acrylic acid conversion, logistics, and customer supply security. Specialty suppliers compete differently: their advantage rests on formulation know-how, purity control, cure performance, regulatory support, and application-specific qualification.

BASF SE combines integrated acrylic monomer production with downstream dispersions and specialty materials. Its Zhanjiang Verbund investment adds major butyl acrylate and 2-ethylhexyl acrylate capability in China. BASF's bio-based ethyl acrylate conversion further positions the company to serve customers requiring lower-carbon inputs without a fundamental formulation change ^{[9]BASF SE, Switches (Meth)Acrylate Portfolio to Bio-Based Ethyl Acrylate, August 2024, basf.com}.

The Dow Chemical Company participates through North American acrylic acid, acrylate ester, and performance-materials positions serving coatings, adhesives, and sealants. Its strategic relevance lies in U.S. Gulf Coast integration and access to large downstream industrial markets.

Arkema Group combines commodity acrylate capacity with specialty technology through its Sartomer business and coating-resin platforms. Its Carling bio-based ethyl acrylate launch demonstrates a differentiated route to lower-carbon monomer supply. Sartomer extends Arkema's presence into UV, LED, and EB-curable resins and additives.

Nippon Shokubai Co. Ltd. maintains an integrated acrylic acid-to-SAP model with production assets across Japan, Indonesia, Belgium, the U.S., Singapore, and China. Its Indonesian acrylic acid and SAP investments reinforce the company's focus on hygiene-product supply chains in Southeast Asia.

LG Chem Ltd. holds a significant Asia Pacific position and is developing a plant-derived acrylic acid route using 3-hydroxypropionic acid. Its position is particularly relevant where customers seek bio-based material options for coatings, adhesives, SAP, and specialty applications.

Formosa Plastics Corporation benefits from broader naphtha-cracking and petrochemical integration within Formosa Plastics Group. The group reports three naphtha crackers with combined ethylene capacity of approximately 2.935 million tons per year, supporting the feedstock ecosystem for downstream chemicals.

Recent Industry Developments

BASF Zhanjiang acrylic monomer expansion:

BASF's Zhanjiang Verbund development in China includes planned annual capacity of 400,000 MT for butyl acrylate and 100,000 MT for 2-ethylhexyl acrylate. The project expands BASF's ability to serve Asian coatings and adhesive demand from an integrated regional manufacturing base.

LG Chem bio-acrylic acid initiative:

LG Chem announced commercial production plans for 100% plant-based acrylic acid produced through a 3-hydroxypropionic-acid route, with an initial 100 MT/year prototype capacity. The initiative is significant because it targets the acrylic acid molecule itself rather than only the alcohol component used in esterification.