# AkzoNobel invests €20M to expand Expancel microspheres capacity in Sweden

AkzoNobel's Specialty Chemicals business is investing over €20 million to increase production capacity for Expancel expandable microspheres at its Stockvik facility near Sundsvall, Sweden. Completion is expected by the end of 2018.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-07-05
- Where: Stockvik, Sundsvall, Sweden
- Value: $23.0M (20.0M EUR)
- Starts operating: 2018
- Status: announced
- Products: Expancel expandable microspheres
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [AkzoNobel](https://endata.com/companies/11242.md)

## Sources

- [nouryon.com](https://www.nouryon.com/newsroom/news-overview/archived/2017/akzonobel-increases-capacity-expandable-microspheres-meet), 2017-07-05: "AkzoNobel’s Specialty Chemicals business is investing more than €20 million to increase production capacity in Sweden for its Expancel product line for expandable microspheres."
- [plastnet.se](https://www.plastnet.se/article/view/549084/akzonobel_investerar_i_stockvik), 2017-08-17: "Efterfrågan på våra produkter ökar snabbt och denna expansion säkerställer att vi kan möta våra kunders krav framöver."

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