# Kureha to build PVDF plant in Fukushima, Japan

Kureha plans to build a new polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) plant in Fukushima, Japan, with 8,000 metric tons per year capacity, costing nearly $500 million, to be completed in 2026.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2023-08-26
- Where: Fukushima, Japan, Japan
- Value: $500.0M
- Starts operating: 2026
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 8,000 metric tons per year
- Products: polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Kureha Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/56581.md)

## Sources

- [cen.acs.org](https://cen.acs.org/materials/polymers/Kureha-add-PVDF-Japan/101/i28), 2023-08-26: "Responding to demand for the polymer in batteries, Kureha plans to build a new polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) plant in Fukushima, Japan."

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