# LORD Corporation to invest $80M in Saegertown facility expansion

LORD Corporation announced an $80 million investment over five years to expand and upgrade its Saegertown, Pennsylvania facility. The project will add 75,000 square feet to the existing 250,000-square-foot building and modernize operations for adhesive and coating product lines. Expansion work began in May 2018 and will continue through 2023.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-05-17
- Where: Saegertown, Pennsylvania, United States
- Value: $80.0M
- Starts operating: 2023
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 75,000 sq ft addition
- Products: acrylic adhesives, urethane adhesives, epoxy adhesives, Chemlok rubber-to-substrate adhesives, coatings
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [LORD Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/4964.md)

## Sources

- [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lord-corporation-invests-80-million-in-saegertown-300650323.html), 2018-05-17: "LORD Corporation, a global diversified technology and manufacturing company, has announced plans to expand and upgrade operations at its Saegertown, Pa. facility."
- [adhesivesmag.com](https://www.adhesivesmag.com/articles/96250-lord-announces-80-million-expansion-plans), 2018-05-22: "LORD Corp. recently announced plans to expand and upgrade operations at its Saegertown, Pa., facility with an anticipated $80 million investment over the next five years."
- [everchem.com](https://everchem.com/lord-expansion/), 2018-06-05: "The benefits of deepening our roots in the Saegertown community far outweighed the option of building a second site."

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