Mobile Navigation

Chemical Engineering

View Comments

Arkema to further expand PVDF capacity in China

| By Mary Bailey

Due to strong demand for lithium-ion batteries, and other important markets, Arkema (Colombes, France) has announced that its 35% fluoropolymer capacity increase at its Changshu site in China is now revised upwards to a capacity increase of 50%, with no change in the expected start-up date (end of 2022).

With this PVDF (Polyvinylidene Fluoride) capacity increase, Arkema accelerates its development in China in order to meet the strong demand from its partner customers in the lithium-ion battery business and support the significant growth in the water filtration, specialty coatings, and semiconductor sectors.

Arkema, a global leader in PVDF production, also recently announced a 50% PVDF capacity increase at its Pierre-Bénite site in France, which is scheduled to come on stream in the first quarter of 2023.