# Kaneka completes 5,000-ton-per-year PHBH biopolymer plant

Kaneka has completed a PHBH biodegradable polymer plant with annual production capacity of about 5,000 tons, five times its previous model, at an investment of around 2.5 billion yen.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-12-20
- Where: Japan
- Value: $23.0M (2.50B JPY)
- Status: completed
- Capacity: approximately 5,000 tons per year
- Products: PHBH biodegradable biopolymer
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Kaneka](https://endata.com/companies/5927.md)

## Sources

- [bioplasticsnews.com](https://bioplasticsnews.com/2019/12/20/kaneka-builds-5-000-tons-phbh-plant/), 2019-12-20: "The investment was around 2.5 billion yen, the production capacity is approximately 5,000 tons / year, five times that of the previous model."

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