# Evonik completes first plant of new polyamide 12 complex in Marl

Evonik completed the first plant of its new polyamide 12 complex at the Marl Chemical Park in Germany, part of a €400 million investment. The first plant was finished in mid-October 2020, with full completion expected in the first half of 2021, increasing overall capacity by over 50%.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-10-15
- Where: Marl Chemical Park, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Value: $472.0M (400.0M EUR)
- Starts operating: Q3 2021
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: over 50% increase in polyamide 12 capacity
- Products: polyamide 12
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Evonik](https://endata.com/companies/15139.md)

## Sources

- [plastech.biz](https://www.plastech.biz/en/news/First-plant-of-Evonik-s-new-polyamide-12-complex-completed-15937), 2020-11-09: "The project team has done an excellent job over the past months under the conditions of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic."
- [plasteurope.com](https://www.plasteurope.com/news/detail.asp?id=246345), 2020-11-16: "Work on the new EUR 400m German production complex in Marl for polyamide 12 and its pr..."

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