# Sekisui expands PVB and film production in Netherlands for €150M

Sekisui Specialty Chemicals is expanding PVOH, PVB and PVB film production in the Netherlands with an investment of around €150 million. PVB polymerisation capacity in Geleen will increase by a factor of 1.7, with film production in Roermond starting in 2019 and polymerisation in mid-2020.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-02-12
- Where: Geleen and Roermond, Netherlands
- Value: $185.0M (150.0M EUR)
- Starts operating: 2019
- Status: announced
- Capacity: PVB polymerisation capacity increased by factor 1.7
- Products: polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH), polyvinyl butyral (PVB), PVB films for glass laminates
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Sekisui Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/companies/30004.md)

## Sources

- [kunststoffweb.de](https://www.kunststoffweb.de/branchen-news/sekisui_ausbau_bei_pvb_und_folien_fuer_glas-laminate_t238999), 2018-02-12: "Die PVB-Polymerisationskapazität in Geleen soll um den Faktor 1,7 ausgebaut werden."

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