# China's Eastar to start up EPDM plant in Dongying

China's Eastar is set to start up a new EPDM plant in Dongying, Shandong province. The plant, which broke ground in January 2016, has a €121 million investment and can produce over 20 EPDM grades using technology licensed from Italy's IPT.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-01-07
- Where: Dongying, Shandong province, China
- Value: $148.0M (121.0M EUR)
- Starts operating: 7 Jan 2018
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: over 20 EPDM grades
- Products: EPDM rubber
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Eastar](https://endata.com/companies/29226.md)
- [IPT](https://endata.com/companies/29227.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [european-rubber-journal.com](https://www.european-rubber-journal.com/article/2066102/china-s-eastar-to-start-up-epdm-plant), 2018-01-07: "The plant has €121 million (950 million yuan) investment and is expected to generate €152 million annual revenue when on stream."

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