# Ascend Performance Materials finalizes $175 million expansion at Decatur plant

Ascend Performance Materials finalized plans for a $175 million project to expand production capacity at its Decatur, Alabama manufacturing facility and construct energy cogeneration units, adding 10 high-end manufacturing jobs and 150 construction jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-12-23
- Where: Decatur, Alabama, United States
- Value: $175.0M
- Jobs: 10
- Starts operating: Q4 2021
- Status: announced
- Products: adiponitrile (ADN), nylon 6,6
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Ascend Performance Materials](https://endata.com/companies/26329.md)
- [MasTec Power Corp.](https://endata.com/companies/44137.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [madeinalabama.com](https://www.madeinalabama.com/2019/12/ascend-finalizes-plans-for-175-million-project-at-alabama-plant/), 2019-12-23: "The Decatur community is at the heart of our business."
- [ascendmaterials.com](https://www.ascendmaterials.com/news/ascend-finalizes-plan-for-175-million-project-in-decatur-ala), 2019-12-23: "The $175 million project will expand ADN capacity, reduce the site's environmental footprint and create new jobs."
- [powderbulksolids.com](https://www.powderbulksolids.com/plant-asset-management/ascend-invests-175m-to-expand-adn-plant-in-u-s-), 2020-01-02: "The ADN produced there is a critical building block for nylon 6,6, a high-performance plastic used in a variety of products from live-saving vehicle airbags to high-voltage electrical connectors."

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