# LANXESS to build new high-performance plastics compounding plant in Krefeld-Uerdingen

Specialty chemicals company LANXESS is building a new compounding facility for Durethan and Pocan engineering plastics at its Krefeld-Uerdingen site in Germany, with an investment in the mid double-digit million euro range. Production is expected to start in the second half of 2019, creating around 20 new jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-09-19
- Where: Krefeld-Uerdingen, Germany, Germany
- Value: $58.0M (50.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 20
- Starts operating: Q3 2019
- Status: announced
- Capacity: more than 5,000 metric tons per year
- Products: Durethan engineering plastics, Pocan engineering plastics
- 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

- [lanxess.com](https://lanxess.com/en/investors/news-and-events/news/2018/09/lanxess-to-build-new-production-plant-for-high-performance-plastics-in-krefeld-uerdingen,-germany), 2018-09-19: "The high-performance plastics business is a central pillar of our growth strategy."
- [process.vogel.de](https://www.process.vogel.de/lanxess-erhoeht-kapazitaet-fuer-verbundwerkstoffe-bei-bond-laminates-a-766860/), 2018-10-17: "Der Lanxess-Geschäftsbereich High Performance Materials investiert darüber hinaus in sein weltweites Produktionsnetzwerk für Hochleistungskunststoffe und errichtet am Standort in Krefeld-Uerdingen für einen mittleren zweistelligen Millionen-Euro-Betrag eine weitere Compoundieranlage."
- [pcimag.com](https://www.pcimag.com/articles/keyword/2303-capacity-expansions?page=10), 2018-11-21: "Through targeted debottlenecking at the Krefeld-Uerdingen site, LANXESS has increased the product availability of its Bayferrox and Colortherm micronized red pigments by more than 5,000 metric tons per year."

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