# Nikka Chemical to begin second phase of construction at Kashima Plant

Nikka Chemical announced plans for the second phase of construction at its Kashima Plant in Kamisu City, Ibaraki Prefecture, including a new factory building and manufacturing facilities for surfactants and special resins, with an investment of approximately 36 billion yen.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-08-27
- Where: Kamisu City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
- Value: $327.0M (36.0B JPY)
- Starts operating: Jul 2019
- Status: announced
- Products: general surfactants, special resins
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Nikka Chemical](https://endata.com/companies/26549.md)

## Sources

- [en.lnews.jp](https://en.lnews.jp/2017/10/j102710.html), 2017-08-27: "To support the expansion of sales in new chemical businesses, primarily focusing on high value-added specialty resins, we will establish a domestic production system and integrate and consolidate some production functions at the Kanto Plant."

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