# Kureha to build 10,000 t/yr PVDF plant in Changshu, China

Kureha Corp. will build a new PVDF plant in Changshu, China, with an annual capacity of about 10,000 tons. The plant is due to be completed in spring 2024 and begin operations in summer 2024.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-07-21
- Where: Changshu, Jiangsu, China
- Starts operating: Q2 2024
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 10,000 tons per year
- Products: polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Kureha Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/56581.md)
- [Kureha (Changshu) Fluoropolymers Co.](https://endata.com/companies/56611.md)

## Sources

- [uk.marketscreener.com](https://uk.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/KUREHA-CORPORATION-6493555/news/Kureha-to-build-new-PVDF-plant-in-China-amid-robust-demand-35905897/), 2021-07-21: "Kureha (Changshu) Fluoropolymers Co., a wholly owned local unit of Kureha, will build a new plant capable of manufacturing about 10,000 tons a year of the material, known as PVDF, in an industrial park in the eastern city of Changshu, near Shanghai."

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