# AkzoNobel to expand Expancel microspheres capacity at Stockvik facility

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

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-10-01
- Where: Stockvik near Sundsvall, Sweden, Sweden
- Value: $23.5M (20.0M EUR)
- Starts operating: 2018
- Status: announced
- Products: expandable microspheres
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1016/s0306-3747(17)30129-x), 2017-10-01: "The company is investing in excess of €20 million to expand its Stockvik facility near Sundsvall in Sweden."

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