Zochem announces expansion of their Dickson, Tennessee facility

Dickson, TN – Zochem announced that they will be expanding production capacity at their Dickson, TN facility. The company will be using its expertise to design and install a new state-of-the-art, low carbon, high-output muffle furnace.

The new furnace will add another 15,000 metric tons of capacity to the Central Tennessee facility, which is still the newest site in North America by over 20 years.  This expansion will help fill the expected increased demand for French process zinc oxide in new applications such as the battery storage market, along with continued growth in durable products found in the agriculture, automotive, and specialty chemical sectors.  The newly designed furnace will focus on sustainability, maximizing the use of recyclable materials while creating a smaller carbon footprint when measured on an output-based system.

Zochem has become a global leader in the operation of muffle furnaces, which are a high-output, low carbon footprint design when compared to more traditional zinc oxide production technologies.  The furnace will use the newest conductive refractory and low NOx natural gas burners to create a uniform temperature profile over a large molten metal bath. This approach will allow Zochem to maximize the furnace’s output-based metric (mt ZnO/tCO2e).

President and C.E.O. Mohit Sharma commented, “Zochem’s approach is to continually focus on the greater good of all stakeholders, particularly our dedicated employees and customers.  We consider ourselves to be neighbors within both the Dickson, TN, and Brampton, ON communities. Investments, such as the Dickson expansion, will strengthen that bond. We are committed to sustainability through expanding the use of reusable and recycled products and to the global message of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from COP 26 (UN Conference of the Parties).”

Zochem expects to have the new furnace online in Q2 of 2023.