# Corning expands gasoline particulate filter production in Germany and China

Corning Incorporated announced a $100 million investment to expand its Environmental Technologies manufacturing facilities in Kaiserslautern, Germany, and Shanghai, China, to increase production capacity of DuraTrap GC gasoline-particulate filters.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2016-12-01
- Where: Kaiserslautern, Germany; Shanghai, China, Germany
- Value: $100.0M
- Starts operating: 2018
- Status: announced
- Capacity: filter manufacturing capacity will quadruple at Kaiserslautern
- Products: DuraTrap GC gasoline-particulate filters
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Corning](https://endata.com/companies/1685.md)

## Sources

- [corning.com](https://www.corning.com/worldwide/en/about-us/news-events/news-releases/2016/12/new-emission-standards-drive-global-demand-for-corning-duratrap-gc-gasoline-particulate-filters.html), 2016-12-01: "The $100 million investment in these two facilities enables Corning to address growing demand from automakers for filters that help them comply with new Euro 6c and China 6 emissions standards."
- [corning.com](https://www.corning.com/cn/zh/about-us/news-events/news-releases/2016/12/new-emission-standards-drive-global-demand-for-corning-duratrap-gc-gasoline-particulate-filters.html), 2016-12-01: "For these two plants, the $100 million investment enables Corning to meet the growing demand from automakers for filters and help them meet the requirements of Euro 6 and China 6 emission standards."

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