# Ercros completes third expansion of chlorine-soda plant in Vila-seca, Spain

Ercros has completed the third expansion of its chlorine and caustic soda production plant at the Vila-seca I factory in Tarragona, Spain, adding 26,000 tonnes per year of capacity. The total chlorine production capacity is now 217,000 tonnes per year.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-10-21
- Where: Vila-seca, Tarragona, Spain
- Value: $4.10M (3.70M EUR)
- Starts operating: 21 Oct 2019
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 26,000 tonnes per year of chlorine
- Products: chlorine, caustic soda
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Ercros](https://endata.com/companies/22915.md)

## Sources

- [20minutos.es](https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/3808521/0/ercros-culmina-ampliacion-planta-cloro-sosa-vila-seca-tarragona/), 2019-10-21: "Ercros ha culminado la tercera ampliación de la capacidad de la planta de producción de cloro y sosa cáustica de la fábrica de Vila-seca I (Tarragona), con la puesta en marcha de un nuevo electrolizador que amplía la capacidad de la planta en otras 26.000 toneladas al año."
- [elconfidencialquimico.com](https://elconfidencialquimico.com/ercros-finaliza-las-obras-ampliacion/), 2019-10-25: "Ercros ha culminado con éxito la tercera ampliación de la capacidad de la planta de producción de cloro y sosa cáustica."

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