# Nippon Shokubai breaks ground for new acrylic acid plant in Indonesia

Nippon Shokubai's subsidiary PT. NIPPON SHOKUBAI INDONESIA held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new acrylic acid plant in Cilegon, Indonesia, with a capacity of 100,000 metric tons per year and an investment of approximately $200 million.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-07-12
- Where: Cilegon, Banten, Indonesia, Indonesia
- Value: $200.0M
- Starts operating: Mar 2021
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 100,000 metric tons per year
- Products: acrylic acid
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Nippon Shokubai](https://endata.com/companies/15191.md)
- [PT. NIPPON SHOKUBAI INDONESIA](https://endata.com/companies/40607.md)

## Sources

- [chemengonline.com](https://www.chemengonline.com/nippon-shokubai-breaks-ground-for-new-acrylic-acid-plant/?printmode=1), 2019-07-12: "Nippon Shokubai Co. has announced that its subsidiary PT.NIPPON SHOKUBAI INDONESIA (NSI) held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new Acrylic Acid (AA) plant in Cilegon, Banten, Indonesia."

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