# Momentive opens silane production plant in Leverkusen

Momentive has opened a €30 million production plant for NXT-brand silanes in Chempark Leverkusen, Germany. The facility is the first NXT plant in Europe and doubles Momentive's capacity in its fastest-growing product line.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-10-10
- Where: Leverkusen, Chempark, Germany
- Value: $34.5M (30.0M EUR)
- Starts operating: 10 Oct 2018
- Status: completed
- Capacity: doubles capacity in NXT product line
- Products: silanes, NXT silane additives
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Momentive](https://endata.com/companies/34816.md)
- [Currenta](https://endata.com/companies/34817.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [chemietechnik.de](https://www.chemietechnik.de/branche-markt/momentive-eroeffnet-silanproduktion-in-leverkusen/1963067), 2018-10-10: "Momentive hat das 15-monatige Bauprojekt gemeinsam mit dem Chemiepark-Betreiber Currenta umgesetzt."

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