# Ineos Styrolution to increase ABS capacity at Altamira, Mexico plant

Ineos Styrolution plans to increase ABS capacity at its ABS-ASA plant in Altamira, Mexico.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-05-02
- Where: Altamira, Mexico, Mexico
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 70,000 metric tons per year additional ABS
- Products: ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene)
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [INEOS Styrolution](https://endata.com/companies/4374.md)

## Sources

- [business-standard.com](https://www.business-standard.com/content/b2b-plastics-polymers/ineos-styrolution-to-increase-abs-and-asa-capacity-in-us-mexico-117050200640_1.html), 2017-05-02: "The company will construct a new ASA plant of 100 kilo tonne (KT) capacity in Bayport (Texas) and increase the ABS capacity at its ABS-ASA plant in Altamira (Mexico)."
- [doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1021/cen-09519-buscon003), 2017-05-08: "The new plant will free up equipment at Styrolution’s Altamira, Mexico, plant, allowing it to make 70,000 metric tons more acrylonitrile butadiene styrene per year."

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