# Solvay to raise Tecnoflon FKM capacity in Italy by 30%

Solvay will increase production capacity of its Tecnoflon FKM peroxide curable fluoroelastomer by nearly a third at its Spinetta Marengo plant in Italy, with the extra capacity due by May 2021. The expansion serves demand from automotive, oil and gas, and semiconductor industries.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-10-17
- Where: Spinetta Marengo, Italy
- Status: announced
- Capacity: nearly 30% increase in Tecnoflon FKM capacity
- Products: Tecnoflon FKM fluoroelastomer
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Solvay](https://endata.com/companies/1830.md)

## Sources

- [solvay.com](https://www.solvay.com/en/press-release/solvay-to-raise-tecnoflon-fluoroelastomer-fkm-capacity-italy), 2019-10-17: "Solvay will lift production capacity of its Tecnoflon FKM peroxide curable fluoroelastomer by nearly a third at its plant in Spinetta Marengo, Italy."

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