# Lotte Chemical to invest 250 billion won in EOA production line at Daesan plant

Lotte Chemical will invest 250 billion won to expand its ethylene oxide adduct (EOA) production line at the Daesan plant in South Korea, adding 150,000 tons per year of EOA capacity and 250,000 tons of high-purity ethylene oxide, with commercial production targeted for 2023.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2021-12-17
- Where: Daesan, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea
- Value: $211.4M (250.0B KRW)
- Starts operating: 2023
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 150,000 tons per year EOA; 250,000 tons per year HPEO
- Products: ethylene oxide adduct, high-purity ethylene oxide
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Lotte Chemical](https://endata.com/companies/2025.md)

## Sources

- [businesspost.co.kr](https://www.businesspost.co.kr/BP?command=article_view&num=264707), 2021-12-17: "롯데케미칼은 전체 사업비 2500억 원을 투자해 2023년 상업생산을 목표로 연산 15만 톤 규모의 산화에틸렌유도체 공장을 추가한다는 계획을 세웠다."
- [en.yna.co.kr](https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20211217005900320), 2021-12-17: "Lotte Chemical Corp., a petrochemical unit of South Korean conglomerate Lotte Group, said Friday it will spend 250 billion won (US$211.4 million) to expand its domestic production line of ethylene oxide adduct (EOA), an advanced material used in concrete."

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