# Menadiona to build AqFresh production plant in Palafolls, Spain

Menadiona is constructing a new plant for its AqFresh product at its facilities in Palafolls, Spain. The plant will increase annual production capacity to 500 tonnes, with startup planned for June 2024. Investment is EUR 7 million, creating up to 20 new jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2024-04-10
- Where: Palafolls, Maresme, Spain
- Value: $7.60M (7.00M EUR)
- Jobs: 20
- Starts operating: Jun 2024
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 500 tonnes per year
- Products: AqFresh molecular capture and release technology
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Menadiona](https://endata.com/companies/72579.md)
- [Aqdot](https://endata.com/companies/72580.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [industriaquimica.es](https://www.industriaquimica.es/noticias/20240410/la-nueva-planta-de-produccion-de-aqfresh-de-menadiona-avanza-segun-lo-previsto), 2024-04-10: "Con la puesta en marcha de la nueva planta de producción no solo crecemos en capacidad de investigación e innovación, sino que posicionamos Menadiona como el único fabricante de Aqfresh a nivel mundial."

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