# Peróxidos do Brasil completes hydrogen peroxide capacity expansion to 230 KT/year

Peróxidos do Brasil, a joint venture of Solvay and Produtos Químicos Makay, concluded a capacity expansion at its Curitiba plant, increasing hydrogen peroxide production to 230,000 tonnes per year with an investment of US$8.3 million.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-08-08
- Where: Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
- Value: $8.30M
- Starts operating: Aug 2020
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 230,000 tonnes per year
- Products: hydrogen peroxide
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Peróxidos do Brasil](https://endata.com/companies/49108.md)
- [Solvay](https://endata.com/companies/1830.md) (investor)
- [Produtos Químicos Makay](https://endata.com/companies/49109.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [peroxidos.com.br](https://www.peroxidos.com.br/en/press-release/expansion230kt), 2020-08-08: "The new production volume is essential to meet the growth of the demanding markets in South America."

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