# Osaka Soda to double silica gel capacity with ¥100B investment

Osaka Soda announced it will invest over ¥100 billion to install new production equipment at its Amagasaki and Matsuyama plants, doubling its pharmaceutical-grade silica gel capacity by February 2028.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2025-12-17
- Where: Amagasaki, Hyogo and Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan
- Value: $666.0M (100.0B JPY)
- Starts operating: Feb 2028
- Status: announced
- Capacity: double current capacity
- Products: pharmaceutical-grade silica gel
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Osaka Soda](https://endata.com/companies/89223.md)

## Sources

- [chemicaldaily.com](https://chemicaldaily.com/archives/744774), 2025-12-17: "大阪ソーダは１７日、医薬品精製用シリカゲルを増産すると発表した。"

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