# Evonik spends over $50M to expand fumed silica plant in Antwerp

Evonik Industries is spending more than $50 million to expand its fumed silica plant in Antwerp, Belgium, with new capacity expected onstream in two years, adding hydrophobic silica production.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-08-07
- Where: Antwerp, Belgium, Belgium
- Value: $50.0M
- Starts operating: 2019
- Status: announced
- Products: fumed silica, hydrophobic silica, hydrophilic silica
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Evonik Industries](https://endata.com/companies/5809.md)

## Sources

- [cen.acs.org](https://cen.acs.org/articles/95/i32/Evonik-expands-fumed-silica.html), 2017-08-07: "Evonik Industries is spending more than $50 million to expand its Antwerp, Belgium, fumed silica plant."

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