Emerald Kalama Chemical, a business unit of Emerald Performance Materials, celebrated its 50th year of operation in August with the grand opening of its
new technical center in Kalama, WA. The technical center focuses on customer applications, as well as formulation support and technology development of K-FLEX® phthalate-free plasticizers and coalescents. In addition, its opening has created eight new jobs, with more expected by the end of the year.