# Nippon Shokubai completes €350M acrylic acid plant expansion in Antwerp

Nippon Shokubai Europe invested €350 million to construct a new acrylic acid plant at its existing Antwerp site, adding 100,000 t/y capacity starting May 2018. Equans was awarded the installation contract.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-10-31
- Where: Antwerp, Belgium
- Value: $410.0M (350.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 70
- Starts operating: May 2018
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 100,000 t/y acrylic acid
- Products: acrylic acid, superabsorbent polymers
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Nippon Shokubai](https://endata.com/companies/15191.md)
- [EQUANS](https://endata.com/companies/7922.md) (partner)
- [Jacobs](https://endata.com/companies/15664.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [equans.be](https://www.equans.be/en/references/nippon-shokubai-nse-3), 2018-10-31: "Nippon Shokubai is a Japanese producer of catalysts and superabsorbent polymers used for products such as diapers."
- [dvo.be](https://www.dvo.be/artikel/62906-nippon-shokubai-investeert-350-miljoen-euro-in-nieuwe-fabriek), 2018-11-09: "Met een investering van 350 miljoen euro wordt de fabriek in Zwijndrecht meteen ook de grootste vestiging van Nippon Shokubai buiten Japan."

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