# Kaneka expands MS polymer production in Westerlo, Flanders

Kaneka invested EUR 34 million to add a third MS polymer production line at its Westerlo facility, boosting output by 50%. The expansion was announced in 2017 and completed in 2018, making the site the group's largest MS polymer plant globally.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-01-01
- Where: Westerlo, Flanders, Belgium
- Value: $40.0M (34.0M EUR)
- Starts operating: 2018
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 50% increase in MS polymer output
- Products: MS polymer (modified silicone polymer)
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Kaneka](https://endata.com/companies/5927.md)

## Sources

- [invest.flandersinvestmentandtrade.com](https://invest.flandersinvestmentandtrade.com/en/news/why-kaneka-chose-flanders-one-its-largest-plants), 2018-12-06: "The Flanders-based MS polymer manufacturing facility has become the largest of its kind in the group."

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