DSM announces closure of its citric acid manufacturing plant in Wuxi (China)
According to the company, the market for citric acid has been under substantial pressure for several years, mainly due to structural overcapacity in China. As the structural overcapacity is expected to remain, DSM has decided not to rebuild the capacity elsewhere but concentrate its production at the site in Tienen (Belgium), whose competitiveness has substantially improved lately due to restructuring and process optimizations.
DSM continues on the announced track for partnership and has finalized the carve-out of the citric acid business as announced in September 2007.
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