# Duratex (Dexco) approves €400M investment plan, including new tile factory in Botucatu

Duratex, now renamed Dexco, approved a R$2.5 billion (€400 million) investment plan for 2021-2024. The plan includes R$600 million (€96 million) for a new Industry 4.0 tile factory in Botucatu, São Paulo, with capacity of 10 million sqm/year, scheduled to start operations in 2023.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2021-08-30
- Where: Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil
- Value: $113.0M (96.0M EUR)
- Starts operating: 2023
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 10 million sqm/year
- Products: ceramic tiles, large slabs
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [Dexco](https://endata.com/companies/56494.md)

## Sources

- [ceramicworldweb.com](https://ceramicworldweb.com/en/news/duratex-changes-its-name-dexco-and-begins-new-growth-phase), 2021-08-30: "It will be the most modern factory in Brazil."

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