# Arkema to expand Kynar PVDF capacity in Changshu by 35%

Arkema will invest to increase fluoropolymer production capacity at its Changshu, China site by 35%, scheduled to come on stream before the end of 2022. The expansion is driven by demand from lithium-ion battery, water filtration, and semiconductor industries.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2021-02-23
- Where: Changshu, China
- Starts operating: 2022
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 35% increase in fluoropolymer capacity
- Products: Kynar PVDF fluoropolymer
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Arkema](https://endata.com/companies/7031.md)

## Sources

- [arkema.com](https://www.arkema.com/global/en/media/newslist/news/global/corporate/2021/20210223-new-increase-kynar-fluoropolymer-capacities-china/), 2021-02-23: "The increase in capacity is scheduled to come on stream before the end of 2022"
- [auto-innovations.net](https://www.auto-innovations.net/news/37388-arkema-will-invest-to-further-increase-its-fluoropolymer-production-capacities-in-changshu-by-35-in-2022-simultaneously,-we-celebrate-the-first-ten-years-of-successful-pvdf-production-at-our-changshu-site-in-china), 2021-03-02: "Arkema will invest to further increase its fluoropolymer production capacities in Changshu by 35% in 2022"

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