# Kumho P&B Chemicals to invest 200 billion won in BPA line expansion

Kumho P&B Chemicals, a subsidiary of Kumho Petrochemical, will invest 200 billion won to expand its Bisphenol-A (BPA) production capacity by 200,000 tons per year at its Yeosu plant in South Korea, targeting completion by December 2023.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-05-21
- Where: Yeosu, South Korea, South Korea
- Value: $166.0M (200.0B KRW)
- Starts operating: Dec 2023
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 200,000 tons per year
- Products: Bisphenol-A (BPA)
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Kumho P&B Chemicals](https://endata.com/companies/4080.md)
- [Kumho Petrochemical](https://endata.com/companies/45104.md) (investor)
- [Kumho Petrochemical](https://endata.com/companies/45104.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [biz.heraldcorp.com](https://biz.heraldcorp.com/article/2316265), 2020-05-21: "우선 시황을 보면서 구체적인 착공 시기를 저울질 중이며 장기적으로는 수요 전망이 밝은 만큼 투자 프로젝트를 계속 추진할 것"
- [plasticnews.co.kr](https://plasticnews.co.kr/material/?bmode=view&idx=3964247), 2020-06-09: "금호피앤비화학은 증설 작업에 총 2000억원을 투자할 계획이다."

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