# Lanxess builds new prepolymer facility in Porto Feliz, Brazil

Lanxess is building a new facility for prepolymer production at its Porto Feliz site in Brazil, investing a single-digit million dollar amount. The facility is scheduled to come on stream in the first half of 2019, and production at the Rio Claro site will be terminated.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-05-17
- Where: Porto Feliz, Brazil, Brazil
- Value: $5.80M (5.00M EUR)
- Starts operating: Q1 2019
- Status: announced
- Products: prepolymers, polyurethane
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [process-worldwide.com](https://www.process-worldwide.com/lanxess-expands-production-of-prepolymers-in-porto-feliz-a-716395/), 2018-05-17: "Lanxess is building a new facility for the production of prepolymers at its site in Porto Feliz, Brazil."
- [european-coatings.com](https://www.european-coatings.com/news/markets-companies/lanxess-increases-production-for-prepolymers-in-brazil/), 2018-06-08: "Specialty chemicals company Lanxess is building a new, state-of-the-art facility for the production of prepolymers at its site in Porto Feliz, Brazil."

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