# NGK to boost ceramic exhaust filter capacity at Gliwice, Poland plant

NGK Insulators will invest about 29.0 billion yen to expand production of GPF and SiC DPF ceramics at NGK Ceramics Polska's Gliwice plant and its No. 2 plant in Dabrowa Gornicza. Capacity is to rise to about three times for GPFs and 30% for SiC DPFs by April 2020.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-03-30
- Where: Gliwice, Silesia Province, Poland
- Value: $261.0M (29.0B JPY)
- Status: announced
- Capacity: GPF capacity about three times and SiC DPF capacity up 30% across two plants by April 2020
- Products: SiC diesel particulate filters, gasoline particulate filters
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [NGK Ceramics Polska](https://endata.com/companies/1176.md)
- [NGK Insulators](https://endata.com/companies/1175.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [ngk-global.com](https://www.ngk-global.com/news/2017/20170330_9090.html), 2017-03-30: "The Company will make a capital investment totaling approximately 29.0 billion yen in response to increasing demand for silicon carbide (SiC) diesel particulate filters (DPFs) and gasoline particulate filters (GPFs)"

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