# Ercros to double sodium chlorite capacity at Sabiñánigo plant

Ercros will build a new sodium chlorite production line at its Sabiñánigo factory in Huesca, Spain, nearly doubling capacity from 6,000 t/y to 11,300 t/y. The new line is scheduled to start up in Q3 2022.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2021-04-14
- Where: Sabiñánigo, Huesca, Spain
- Starts operating: 1 Apr 2021
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 11,300 t/y
- Products: sodium chlorite
- Sectors: [Water Treatment Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/water-treatment-equipment.md), [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Ercros](https://endata.com/companies/22915.md)

## Sources

- [ercros.es](https://www.ercros.es/en/press-room/news/ercros-will-double-its-sodium-chlorite-production-capacity), 2021-04-14: "Ercros has initiated a project to build a new sodium chlorite production line in its factory in Sabiñánigo (Huesca)."
- [ercros.com](https://www.ercros.com/en/press-room/news/ercros-has-increased-15-its-dipenta-production-capacity), 2021-04-26: "Since the beginning of April, the expansion of the dipentaerythritol (dipenta) production capacity of the Ercros factory in Tortosa (Tarragona) has been underway."
- [tecnoaqua.es](https://www.tecnoaqua.es/noticias/20210525/ercros-produccion-clorito-sodico-desaladoras-potabilizacion-agua), 2021-05-25: "Ercros ha puesto en marcha el proyecto de construcción de una nueva línea de producción de clorito sódico en su fábrica de Sabiñánigo."

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