Arkema recently announced a 20% expansion of production capacity at its Changshu Kynar^® PVDF manufacturing site in China scheduled to start up in 2028. This significant investment reflects the group’s strategy to increase its Kynar PVDF footprint at a pace and with capabilities that match accelerating demand across the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.

This additional capacity will support growth in demand for the product across all key markets, including lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles (EV) and energy storage systems (ESS), high-performance coatings, chemical processing industries, semiconductor manufacturing, water filtration, and wire and cable. Arkema reports that the project will meet the highest standards of operational excellence reflecting the group’s commitment to continuously improving its manufacturing operations at all sites worldwide.

“This expansion marks an exciting milestone for Arkema, as we are investing once again with confidence to increase and strengthen our capabilities in Changshu. This investment will allow us to continue to support our customers’ growth with even more agile and reliable supply, while addressing the market’s need for constant and rapid innovation,” explained Laurent Tellier, senior vice-president of Arkema’s High Performance Polymers and Fluorogases.

The project is supported by Arkema’s robust global R&D ecosystem, which ensures innovation in PVDF advanced applications and technologies. The ecosystem includes the Changshu R&D center in China, as well as R&D centers in France, Japan, South Korea, and in the United States. Together, these laboratories allow Arkema to collaborate closely with customers and accelerate development of high-performance solutions for the energy transition and advanced manufacturing industries.

Arkema is a global leader in PVDF production, with the Changshu platform as its largest manufacturing site worldwide. The group also produces PVDF in Calvert City, Kentucky in the United States, where a new capacity increase was announced last year and will start up in the second quarter of 2026, as well as in its Pierre-Benite site in France.

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