# Solvay to expand soda ash and bicarbonate capacity in US and Bulgaria

Solvay will increase soda ash production capacity by 600 kilotonnes at its Green River site in Wyoming, USA, and expand sodium bicarbonate capacity by 200 kilotonnes at its Devnya plant in Bulgaria. Total investment is €185 million over three years.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-09-24
- Where: Green River, Wyoming, United States
- Value: $203.0M (185.0M EUR)
- Starts operating: 2021
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 600 kilotonnes soda ash, 200 kilotonnes sodium bicarbonate
- Products: soda ash, sodium bicarbonate
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Solvay](https://endata.com/companies/1830.md)
- [Sisecam Group](https://endata.com/companies/1193.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [solvay.com](https://www.solvay.com/en/press-release/solvay-increases-its-soda-ash-and-bicarbonate-production-capacity), 2019-09-24: "Solvay will increase its soda ash production capacity by 600 kilotonnes at its trona-based Green River site in Wyoming, the United States, to meet long-term global demand growth in various applications."
- [glass-international.com](https://www.glass-international.com/news/solvay-increases-glassmaking-raw-material-capacity), 2019-09-30: "Solvay will increase its soda ash production capacity by 600 kilotonnes at its trona-based Green River site in Wyoming, USA."

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