# Nippon Shokubai to expand SAP plant in Indonesia

Nippon Shokubai approved a $110 million investment to build a 50,000 MT/Y superabsorbent polymers plant at its subsidiary PT. Nippon Shokubai Indonesia in Cilegon, Indonesia. Commercial operation is scheduled for July 2027.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2024-07-30
- Where: Cilegon, Banten Province, Indonesia, Indonesia
- Value: $110.0M
- Starts operating: Jul 2027
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 50,000 MT/Y (total 140,000 MT/Y after completion)
- Products: superabsorbent polymers (SAP)
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Nippon Shokubai](https://endata.com/companies/15191.md)
- [PT. NIPPON SHOKUBAI INDONESIA](https://endata.com/companies/40607.md)
- [PT. NIPPON SHOKUBAI INDONESIA](https://endata.com/companies/40607.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [shokubai.co.jp](https://www.shokubai.co.jp/en/news/2024080214262/), 2024-08-01: "Nippon Shokubai has resolved, at its board meeting held on July 30, 2024, to give approval to the investment plan at PT. NIPPON SHOKUBAI INDONESIA."
- [kyodonewsprwire.jp](https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/release/202407314414), 2024-08-02: "Nippon Shokubai decided to expand the capacity of NSI as it had already expanded its production facility of acrylic acid by 100,000 t/y."

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