# Tayho Advanced Materials to build $178.8M meta-aramid line in Yantai, China

Tayho Advanced Materials will spend CNY1.2 billion ($178.8 million) to build a new meta-aramid production line in Yantai, Shandong, China, adding 8,000 tons of annual capacity. The project is expected to be ready in Q3 2020.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-04-22
- Where: Yantai, Shandong, China
- Value: $178.8M (1.20B CNY)
- Starts operating: Q3 2020
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 8,000 tons per year
- Products: meta-aramid
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [Tayho Advanced Materials](https://endata.com/companies/38889.md)

## Sources

- [yicaiglobal.com](https://www.yicaiglobal.com/news/china-tayho-to-build-usd1788-million-meta-aramid-plant-to-rival-us-dupont), 2019-04-23: "Tayho will spend CNY1.2 billion (USD178.8 million) to build a new Meta-Aramid production line in its home town of Yantai in northeastern Shandong province, the company said in a statement yesterday."

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