# ExxonMobil completes expansion of specialty elastomers plant in Newport, Wales

ExxonMobil completed an expansion of its specialty elastomers plant in Newport, Wales, doubling manufacturing capacity and increasing global Santoprene capacity by 25%. The project added 35 full-time jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-05-13
- Where: Newport, Wales, United Kingdom
- Jobs: 35
- Starts operating: 13 May 2019
- Status: completed
- Capacity: doubled manufacturing capacity; global Santoprene capacity increased by 25%
- Products: Santoprene thermoplastic elastomers
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [ExxonMobil](https://endata.com/companies/1345.md)

## Sources

- [investor.exxonmobil.com](https://investor.exxonmobil.com/company-information/press-releases/detail/189/exxonmobil-doubles-manufacturing-capacity-of-specialty), 2019-05-13: "ExxonMobil said today it has completed an expansion of its specialty elastomers manufacturing plant in Newport, Wales, which doubles the plant’s manufacturing capacity and increases global manufacturing capacity of Santoprene™ thermoplastic elastomers by 25 percent."
- [doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1002/peng.20149), 2019-06-01: "This Newport investment doubles the site's manufacturing capacity of higher-value products."

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