# Richard Geiss GmbH expands solvent recycling plant in Offingen

Richard Geiss GmbH is investing €1.7 million to expand its solvent recycling plant in Offingen, adding two distillation columns to increase capacity by over 60% (7,000 tonnes per year). Construction starts in March 2017, with commissioning by September 2017.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-03-27
- Where: Offingen, Germany
- Value: $1.80M (1.70M EUR)
- Starts operating: Sep 2017
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 7,000 tonnes per year additional recycling capacity
- Products: solvent recycling, high-purity solvent distillates
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Richard Geiss GmbH](https://endata.com/companies/23100.md)

## Sources

- [chemie-zeitschrift.at](https://www.chemie-zeitschrift.at/news/die-richard-geiss-gmbh-erweitert-seine-loesemittel-aufbereitungsanlage/), 2017-03-27: "Seit über zwei Jahren erhalten wir deutlich mehr Anfragen für Destillationsaufträge und Lohnaufarbeitungen, als wir überhaupt verarbeiten können"

---
Data from Endata (https://endata.com/). Announcements are summarized from public sources and may be incomplete; check the linked originals.