# GEO Specialty Chemicals expands monomer production at Hythe plant

GEO Specialty Chemicals built the S2 Production Plant alongside its existing S1 plant at its Hythe facility to increase high-purity specialty monomer production. The expansion was commissioned in 2020 and includes a Siemens Simatic PCS 7 automation system.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2021-07-13
- Where: Hythe, Southampton, United Kingdom
- Starts operating: 2020
- Status: completed
- Products: high-purity specialty monomers
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [GEO Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/companies/34016.md)
- [Siemens Digital Industries](https://endata.com/companies/38484.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [operationsengineer.org.uk](https://www.operationsengineer.org.uk/content/news/specialty-chemicals-plant-increases-monomer-production), 2021-07-13: "In order to meet demand, we needed to increase what we could produce."

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