Solvay More Than Doubles Capacity For Solef PVDF at Changshu Site

摘要

Beijing-Solvay said it has more than doubled production capacity for Solef polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) at its plant in Changshu, China, since mid-May 2022. The company opened the unit in late 2017 as part of an approximately $160-million investment in Changshu that also included a fluoroelastomers facility, which started up in 2015 (PCN, 13 Nov 2017, p 3). Solvay recently announced a "significant" investment in Solef PVDF production at its Tavaux, France, site, which will turn it into the "largest" PVDF production site in Europe (PCN, 30 May 2022, p 3).