# Evonik builds copolyester production plant in Witten, Germany

Evonik is constructing a new copolyester production plant at its Witten site in Germany, with a mid-double-digit million euro investment and annual capacity of several thousand metric tons. Commercial operation is expected in Q1 2018.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-08-22
- Where: Witten, Germany
- Starts operating: Q1 2018
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: several thousand metric tons per year
- Products: copolyesters
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [jksilicas.com](https://www.jksilicas.com/news/evonik-industries-builds-new-copolyesters-prod-7738576.html), 2017-09-01: "Evonik is investing a 'mid-double-digit million euro' sum in the plant – which will have the annual production capacity of several thousand metric tons."

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