# Peroxidos do Brasil expands hydrogen peroxide capacity in Brazil and Chile

Peroxidos do Brasil is investing to increase hydrogen peroxide production capacity: in Curitiba, Brazil from 230,000 to 250,000 tonnes/year; in Chile, a new plant in Coronel Industrial Park will have capacity raised to 40,000 tonnes/year with total investment of US$60 million. Goal is 300,000 tonnes/year by 2024.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2022-04-28
- Where: Curitiba, Brazil; Coronel, Chile, Brazil
- Value: $60.0M
- Starts operating: 2022
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 300,000 tonnes per year (target by 2024)
- Products: hydrogen peroxide
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Peróxidos do Brasil](https://endata.com/companies/49108.md)
- [Solvay](https://endata.com/companies/1830.md) (investor)
- [Produtos Químicos Makay](https://endata.com/companies/49109.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [peroxidos.com.br](https://www.peroxidos.com.br/en/press-release/peroxidos-do-brasil-invests-increasing-production-capacity), 2022-04-28: "The new investments will raise the nominal capacity to 300 thousand tons per year, allowing it to follow the market growth until the approval of the next investment scheduled for 2024."

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