# Lanxess commissions new compounding line at Krefeld-Uerdingen site

Lanxess commissioned a new production line for specialty compounds at its Krefeld-Uerdingen site in Germany, investing approximately EUR 7 million. The line has an annual capacity of up to 10,000 metric tons.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-04-09
- Where: Krefeld-Uerdingen, Germany, Germany
- Value: $8.60M (7.00M EUR)
- Starts operating: 9 Apr 2018
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 10,000 metric tons per annum
- Products: Durethan polyamide compounds, Pocan PBT compounds, specialty compounds
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [echemi.com](https://www.echemi.com/cms/11754.html), 2018-04-09: "The company has invested approximately 7-mn euros in expanding the production capacities of its engineering plastics."

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