# Wacker Chemicals to invest $100M in Nanjing polymer plant expansion

Wacker Chemicals held a groundbreaking ceremony for a $100 million expansion of its Nanjing base to add emulsion reactor and dispersible polymer powder spray drying equipment, doubling capacity. The project is expected to be completed and operational by 2022.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-11-30
- Where: Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
- Value: $100.0M
- Starts operating: 2022
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: double existing capacity
- Products: redispersible polymer powder, emulsions
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Wacker Chemicals](https://endata.com/companies/51556.md)

## Sources

- [news.jstv.com](https://news.jstv.com/a/20201201/188ad602eab7427290d38f5c6b6b1d8e.shtml), 2020-12-01: "瓦克化学股份有限公司在南京江北新材料科技园举行扩建奠基仪式，未来将投资近1亿美元，用于提升南京基地聚合物产品产能。"

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