# Evonik to expand transparent polyamides production in Marl, Germany

As part of a €400 million investment, Evonik will expand transparent polyamides production at its Marl Chemical Park, doubling current capacity. Completion is scheduled for Q1 2020.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-05-09
- Where: Marl Chemical Park, Marl, Germany
- Value: $448.0M (400.0M EUR)
- Starts operating: Q1 2020
- Status: announced
- Capacity: double current capacity for transparent polyamides
- Products: transparent polyamides
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Evonik](https://endata.com/companies/15139.md)

## Sources

- [chemicalparks.eu](https://chemicalparks.eu/news/evonik-polyamide-business), 2019-05-09: "Reorganizing our polyamide business will concentrate our production and innovative strengths on specialty materials for promising applications in attractive markets."
- [compositesworld.com](https://www.compositesworld.com/news/evonik-builds-new-pa12-production-to-meet-automotive-oil-gas-demands), 2019-05-13: "Evonik’s expansion in production of transparent polyamides in its Marl facility is scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2020, said to double the company’s current capacity for transparent polyamides."
- [chemicalprocessing.com](https://www.chemicalprocessing.com/industrynews/news/11306868/evonik-reorganizes-polyamide-business-chemical-processing), 2019-05-15: "Evonik’s roughly €400 million investment in Germany will increase the company’s overall capacity for PA 12 by over 50%."

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