# BYK to invest $50 million to expand Gonzales, Texas facility

BYK Additives & Instruments announced a $50 million investment to expand its Gonzales, Texas facility, including a new manufacturing facility for GARAMITE rheology additives and a new R&D center for natural rheology.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-11-16
- Where: Gonzales, Texas, United States
- Value: $50.0M
- Status: announced
- Products: GARAMITE rheology additives
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [BYK Additives & Instruments](https://endata.com/companies/21172.md)

## Sources

- [altana.com](https://www.altana.com/press-news/details/byk-to-invest-50-million-to-expand-gonzales-tx-facility.html), 2017-11-16: "BYK expects to invest USD 50 million to construct a significant manufacturing facility to increase the company's capabilities and capacities for key products in the rheology additive portfolio, specifically the GARAMITE product line."

---
Data from Endata (https://endata.com/). Announcements are summarized from public sources and may be incomplete; check the linked originals.