# ASK Chemicals opens $27M resin plant in El Carmen, Mexico

ASK Chemicals Group has launched a new manufacturing plant in El Carmen, Nuevo León, Mexico, with an investment of about $27 million. The plant created 90 direct jobs and has capacity for over 30,000 metric tons of resin, 10,000 metric tons of paint, and 5 million exothermic sleeves per year.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2022-02-28
- Where: El Carmen, Nuevo León, Mexico
- Value: $27.0M
- Jobs: 90
- Starts operating: 28 Feb 2022
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 30,000 metric tons of resin, 10,000 metric tons of paint, 5 million exothermic sleeves per year
- Products: non-bake resins, cold box resins, refractory paints, EXACTCAST exothermic sleeves
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [ASK Chemicals](https://endata.com/companies/40534.md)

## Sources

- [solili.mx](https://www.solili.mx/noticias/en-nuevo-leon-inicia-operaciones-ask-chemical/4445/?lang=en), 2022-02-28: "ASK Chemicals Group, based in Hilden, near Düsseldorf (Germany), has just successfully launched its new manufacturing plant in El Carmen, Nuevo León, with an investment of around 27 million dollars"

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