# Lubrizol expands TPU capacity globally with $80M investment

Lubrizol is expanding its thermoplastics polyurethane (TPU) capacity across North America, Europe, and Asia with a combined investment of nearly $80 million. New capacity is coming onstream in North America later in 2018, a new compounding line and extrusion lines in Songjiang, China were inaugurated in February 2018, and further expansions are planned in Europe and Asia in 2019.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-02-20
- Where: North America, Songjiang (China), Europe, United States
- Value: $80.0M
- Starts operating: 2018
- Status: under construction
- Products: Estane TPU, Pearlthane TPU, Pearlbond TPU
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md), [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Lubrizol](https://endata.com/companies/11149.md)

## Sources

- [acnnewswire.com](https://www.acnnewswire.com/press-release/english/41569/lubrizol-expands-global-capabilities-and-tpu-capacity), 2018-02-20: "Multi-million-dollar expansions, with a combined investment of nearly $80 million."

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