# Kurabo to double flexible urethane moulded products capacity in Brazil

Kurabo's subsidiary Kurashiki Chemical Products do Brasil will invest about 10 billion yen to double production capacity of flexible urethane moulded products for automotive interiors at its plant in Leme, São Paulo, Brazil. Production start is targeted for May 2025.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2023-11-27
- Where: Leme, São Paulo, Brazil
- Value: $67.0M (10.0B JPY)
- Starts operating: May 2025
- Status: announced
- Capacity: double current capacity
- Products: flexible urethane moulded products
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Kurabo](https://endata.com/companies/65587.md)
- [Kurashiki Chemical Products do Brasil](https://endata.com/companies/73996.md)

## Sources

- [kurabo.co.jp](https://www.kurabo.co.jp/news/newsrelease/20231127_1184.html), 2023-11-27: "今後、既存顧客のさらなる増産と新規顧客からの引き合いへの対応を図るため、今回の設備投資により生産能力を現状の2倍に増強し、2025年5月の生産開始を目指します。"

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