# Kumho P&B Chemicals invests 200 billion won to expand BPA capacity in Yeosu

Kumho P&B Chemicals, a subsidiary of Kumho Petrochemical Group, signed technology and basic design contracts with Tsukishima Kikai and Idemitsu Kosan to expand bisphenol-A (BPA) production at its Yeosu plant. The company will invest 200 billion won to increase capacity from 450,000 to 650,000 tons per year by the second half of 2021.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-02-19
- Where: Yeosu, South Jeolla Province, South Korea
- Value: $178.0M (200.0B KRW)
- Starts operating: Q3 2021
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 200,000 tons per year additional (total 650,000 tons per year)
- Products: bisphenol-A (BPA)
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Kumho P&B Chemicals](https://endata.com/companies/4080.md)
- [Idemitsu Kosan](https://endata.com/companies/19808.md) (partner)
- [Tsukishima Kikai](https://endata.com/companies/37456.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [asiatime.co.kr](https://www.asiatime.co.kr/article/20190219303539), 2019-02-20: "금호피앤비화학은 증설프로젝트를 통해 향후 폴리카보네이트(Polycarbonate)와 에폭시(Epoxy) 수지 등 고기능성 엔지니어링 플라스틱(EP)의 중장기 수요 증가에 대응해 나간다는 전략이다."

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