# Saltigo completes €60M expansion of Leverkusen pilot plant

Saltigo GmbH, a LANXESS subsidiary, completed a €60 million expansion and modernization of its Central Organics Pilot Plant (ZeTO) in Leverkusen, Germany. The project includes two new multi-purpose production lines and a tank container storage facility. Production is expected to start in early January 2018.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-11-29
- Where: Leverkusen, Germany
- Value: $71.0M (60.0M EUR)
- Starts operating: Jan 2018
- Status: completed
- Capacity: total reactor volume 470 cubic meters
- Products: fine chemicals
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Saltigo](https://endata.com/companies/28454.md)
- [LANXESS](https://endata.com/companies/15514.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [coatingsworld.com](https://www.coatingsworld.com/breaking-news/saltigo-celebrates-five-decades-of-pioneering-chemistry/), 2017-11-29: "Production will already be up and running in the new facilities by early January 2018."

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