Synthomer's €20 million investment in dispersion plant in Worms, Germany

At a glance

Chemical company Synthomer is investing in its production plant in Worms, Germany, to add several new and fully automated production lines for Acrylic-Dispersions. The investment will increase the plant's capacity by 30,000 tonnes and allow for further organic growth in specialty segments. The expansion will also improve supply lead times and meet high production and quality standards. The project is expected to be completed by the third quarter of 2018.

London - The investment adds several new and fully automated production lines for Acrylic-Dispersions. The plant extension strengthens the company’s continuous growth in Paints & Coatings, Construction Chemicals, technical Textiles as well as Adhesives and Sealants.

The production plant in Worms is Synthomer largest acrylic site in Europe, being strategically well located with close proximity to the customer base and excellent connections to the river Rhine, railway and road.

The investment will add 30,000 tonnes to its existing capacity. The high flexibility of the newly constructed lines enables further organic growth in the specialty segments, since more than 25% of the new capacity will be utilized by innovative, highly environmentally friendly products.

The expansion will allow shorter supply lead times and meet highest production and quality standards. This investment further strengthens Synthomers pan-European dispersion plant network across the United Kingdom, Germany, Czech Republic, France, Italy and Spain.

The project is expected to complete by third quarter 2018.