# Kureha expanding PVDF plant in Iwaki, Japan

Kureha is expanding its existing PVDF plant in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. The expansion is scheduled to finish in January 2022.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2021-07-21
- Where: Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan
- Starts operating: Jan 2022
- Status: under construction
- 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)

## 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 is also building up a PVDF plant in Iwaki in Japan's Fukushima Prefecture to raise its current annual capacity of 6,000 tons as the PVDF business is placed as one of the priority areas in the company's ongoing mid-term management plan."

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