DACH Region to See More than $700 Million in Plastics Projects

Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The DACH region's plastic sector is accelerating production and attracting investments from major players like BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Equipolymers GmbH (Schkopau, Germany) and Hexpol TPE GmbH (Lichtenfels, Germany). The DACH region includes Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

TOPAS Advanced Polymers GmbH (Florence, Kentucky) has also planned to invest US$236 million in a cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) production unit in Leuna, Germany. TOPAS is one of the world's leading manufacturers of COC. In an effort to be climate neutral, BASF is set to invest US$20 million in a recycled plastics plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Chemical Processing Project Database can read detailed reports on the TOPAS and BASF projects.

Industrial Info is tracking 50 active plastics projects across the DACH region, totaling more than US$700 million in investment value. Subscribers to Industrial Info's GMI Project Database can click here for a list.

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