# Bostik-Nitta JV to build new adhesives plant in Nara, Japan

The Bostik-Nitta joint venture will invest in a new world-scale adhesives plant in Nara, Japan. The facility will include production lines for nonwoven hygiene adhesives and industrial adhesives, and is expected to come on stream in early 2020.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-05-17
- Where: Nara, Japan, Japan
- Starts operating: Jan 2020
- Status: announced
- Capacity: world-scale plant
- Products: adhesives for nonwoven hygiene and industrial markets
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Bostik](https://endata.com/companies/7030.md)
- [Bostik-Nitta](https://endata.com/companies/7032.md)
- [Bostik](https://endata.com/companies/7030.md) (partner)
- [Arkema](https://endata.com/companies/7031.md) (investor)
- [Arkema](https://endata.com/companies/7031.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [bostik.com](https://www.bostik.com/global/en/newslist/news/global/20180517-bostik-steps-up-i/), 2018-05-17: "The new facility, to be located in Nara, Japan, should come on stream early 2020."
- [arkema.com](https://www.arkema.com/global/en/media/newslist/news/global/corporate/2018/20180517-Bostikaccelere-so/), 2018-05-17: "The construction by the Bostik-Nitta JV of a new adhesives plant in Nara... should come on stream early 2020."
- [textileworld.com](https://www.textileworld.com/textile-world/nonwovens-technical-textiles/2018/05/bostik-steps-up-its-development-in-adhesives-in-japan/), 2018-05-17: "The new facility, to be located in Nara, Japan, should come on stream early 2020."
- [chemengonline.com](https://www.chemengonline.com/arkema-announces-plans-for-acquisition-new-adhesives-plant-in-japan/?printmode=1), 2018-05-18: "The new facility, to be located in Nara, Japan, should come on stream early 2020."

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