Sep 15, 2009. /Lesprom Network/. Clariant will build an ethoxylation plant in Dayabay, China. The plant will be operational in early 2011 and will enable Clariant to meet increasing demand from the Chinese and wider Asian markets, the company said in a press release received by Lesprom Network. The new plant will primarily serve domestic customers for a broad range of applications which are including crop protection, construction, industrial & home care, metal working, textile and paper. The plant will also supply important export markets across Asia. The 80 thousand square meter plant will have a capacity close to 50 thousand tones per annum. The state-of-the-art plant will use the very latest automation and environmental management technology. With production sites in Europe, North America and Latin America, Dayabay will be Clariant’s first ethoxylation plant in Asia. The construction of this new facility is part of a $100 million investment program in China, which Clariant has been committed to over the last 18 months.