# DuPont to build $80M specialty materials plant in Zhangjiagang, China

DuPont is investing over $80 million to build a new manufacturing facility in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Province, China, to produce high-end engineering plastics and adhesives. The site is expected to become operational in 2020 with expansion through 2023.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-02-12
- Where: Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Province, China
- Value: $80.0M
- Starts operating: 2020
- Status: announced
- Products: high-end engineering plastics, adhesives, Zytel nylon engineering plastics, Delrin acetal resins, Hytrel thermoplastic polyesters, Multibase thermoplastic elastomers, lubricants, specialty silicone materials, automotive adhesives
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [DuPont](https://endata.com/companies/13205.md)

## Sources

- [sapt.co.za](https://sapt.co.za/dupont-to-build-new-specialty-materials-manufacturing-facility-in-east-china/), 2019-02-12: "DuPont is investing more than $80-million to build a new manufacturing facility in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Province in East China."

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