# Covestro expands TPU film capacity at Epurex Films in Bomlitz

Covestro is investing a low double-digit million euro amount to expand production capacity for thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) films of the Platilon range at its Epurex Films subsidiary in Bomlitz, Germany. The new facilities are expected to be completed by the end of 2023.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2022-04-22
- Where: Bomlitz, Lower Saxony, Germany, Germany
- Value: $11.0M (10.0M EUR)
- Starts operating: 2023
- Status: under construction
- Products: thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) films, Platilon films
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Covestro](https://endata.com/companies/1705.md)
- [Epurex Films](https://endata.com/companies/62445.md)
- [Epurex Films](https://endata.com/companies/62445.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [plasticker.de](https://plasticker.de/Kunststoff_News_41049_Covestro_Erster_Spatenstich_fuer_neue_Produktionskapazitaeten_fuer_TPU_Folien_bei_Epurex_Films_Fertigstellung_fuer_Ende_2023_geplant), 2022-04-22: "With this capacity expansion, we strengthen our Bomlitz site and our position as a leading supplier of technical specialty films."
- [news.europawire.eu](https://news.europawire.eu/groundbreaking-ceremony-for-covestros-new-thermoplastic-polyurethane-tpu-films-production-capacity-at-the-bomlitz-site-in-germany/eu-press-release/2022/04/22/22/31/14/99789/), 2022-04-22: "Covestro has announced an expansion of its thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) films production capacity at the Bomlitz site in Germany."
- [kunststoffweb.de](https://www.kunststoffweb.de/branchen-news/covestro_ausbau_der_extrusion_von_tpu-folien_in_bomlitz_t250153), 2022-04-27: "Einen niedrigen zweistelligen Millionen-Euro-Betrag investiert Covestro in den Ausbau seiner Produktionskapazitäten für 'Platilon'-Spezialfolien aus thermoplastischem Polyurethan (TPU)."
- [injectionmouldingworld.com](https://injectionmouldingworld.com/groundbreaking-ceremony-for-new-production-capacity-at-epurex-films/), 2022-05-07: "With this capacity expansion, we are strengthening our Bomlitz site and our position as a leading supplier of technical specialty films."

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