FM-200 / HFC-227ea Clean Agent

Wilmington, Delaware-based specialty chemicals company (NYSE: CC); spun off from DuPont in 2015. Holds the FM-200 trademark for HFC-227ea (heptafluoropropane, GWP 3,220) clean fire suppression agent. Primary production: El Dorado, Arkansas (322 Southfield Cutoff Road, El Dorado AR 71730) — the key Chemours fluorochemicals plant; produces FM-200, pharmaceutical-grade HFC-227ea, and 1336E; also added HFO production unit at El Dorado in January 2022. Fayetteville, NC is a different Chemours site linked to GenX/PFAS contamination of Cape Fear River. Louisville, KY is linked to HFC-23 emissions controversy. In 2023, Chemours partnered with A-Gas to enable recycled FM-200R (UL-listed, FM-approved) as a response to tightening AIM Act supply limits. The AIM Act imposed 30% additional US HFC production cut in 2024 (on top of 10% in 2023) = 40% total reduction from 2022 levels — directly impacting Chemours' FM-200 output. Also produces Opteon refrigerants and Teflon products. Chemours is the largest Western producer of HFC-227ea by revenue market share.

China's largest fluorochemicals conglomerate; headquartered in Hangzhou; primary production base in Quzhou, Zhejiang Province. Also has bases in Ningbo, Zhoushan, Zhuji (Zhejiang) and Jiangsu. Export arm: Xiamen Juda Chemical & Equipment Co. (Siming District, Xiamen, Fujian — focused on fluorinated chemical exports including HFC-227ea). Product lines include HFC-227ea (fire suppression grade) among seven major fluorinated chemical series. FDA DMF, UL, CE, DOT, KGS, ASME, ISO, OHSAS certified. 2012: signed cooperation agreement with Honeywell in Quzhou for HFC-125 production to feed Honeywell's R-410A blends — confirming Juhua's role as supply partner for major Western companies. China's largest fluorochemicals production base and primary source of cost-competitive HFC-227ea for Asian and global markets. State-owned enterprise (Zhejiang Juhua Group Corporation).

Tangshan Town, Huantai County, Zibo, Shandong, China. Founded 1987; described as "China's renowned largest fluoro-silicon production base." Total HFC refrigerant capacity exceeds 500,000 tonnes/year across product lines. Primary products: HCFC-22 (40,365 MT/yr), HFC-32, HFC-125, HFC-134a, HFC-152a, HFC-142b; also PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene). R&D focus is on fourth-generation refrigerants (HFO-1234yf, HFO-1234ze, HCFO-1233zd, HFO-1336mzz). HFC-227ea is within the broader product portfolio as one of the fluorocarbon chemicals produced at the Zibo complex; specific fire-grade HFC-227ea capacity not publicly disclosed. Dongyue is publicly listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (0189.HK).

Belgian specialty chemical company (Euronext: SOLB, HQ Brussels; ~€4.9B revenue after 2023 split); major global HF (hydrogen fluoride) producer and the world's largest producer of fluorine-based specialty chemicals. Solvay's HF is produced at multiple European sites (Dombasle-sur-Meurthe, France; Rosignano, Italy) via reaction of fluorspar (CaF2) with sulfuric acid. HF is the gateway chemical for Solvay's entire fluorine chemistry chain: HF → fluoropolymers (PTFE, PVDF), refrigerants (HFCs/HFOs), specialty fluorinated gases (NF3 precursor), and electronic-grade HF for semiconductors. Solvay split into two companies in December 2023 — the new 'Solvay' retained the specialty chemicals (including HF and fluorine) while 'Syensqo' retained the advanced materials — so the HF supply chain is now within the post-split Solvay entity. Solvay was founded in 1863 by Ernest Solvay, inventor of the Solvay process for soda ash (sodium carbonate) production — the same Belgian industrial dynasty that revolutionized 19th-century chemical manufacturing now controls a critical node in 21st-century semiconductor supply chains.

Banbury, Oxfordshire (UK HQ); Rhonda, South Wales (primary UK operations); operations in US, Australia, and New Zealand. A-Gas is a specialist in the recovery, reclamation, and resale of refrigerant and fire suppression gases. In summer 2023, A-Gas partnered with Chemours to market recycled HFC-227ea as **FM-200R** — a UL-listed, FM-approved product for the OEM fire suppression market, specifically timed as a response to the AIM Act's 30% HFC production cut in 2024. FM-200R allows fire suppression system manufacturers to use recycled HFC-227ea as a drop-in for virgin FM-200 in refillable cylinders. A-Gas is not a chemical manufacturer — it collects, purifies, and resells recovered gas. As virgin HFC-227ea prices spiked 500%+, the A-Gas recycled supply became economically competitive. A-Gas US operations in Ohio.