On August 21, Hubei Jianghan New Materials Co., Ltd. announced to invest RMB 1 billion on a package of silicone-based new materials project, which is situated at No.299 Shenzhen Avenue, Shashi District, Jingzhou City, Hubei Province. Upon its completion, the firm will add the new production capacity of 30 kt/a functional silane products, and the matching raw materials and intermediates. This project will be proceeded in 3 phases, of which the phase I project is to build a 60 kt/a trichlorosilane (TCS) production line for 2 years. The phase II project is planned to build a 10 kt/a vinyl silane line and a 15 kt/a trimethoxysilane line within 2 years. The phase III will witness, for 2 years, the construction of a 10 kt/a epoxy silane line, a 10 kt/a amino silane line and a 10 kt/a allyl glycidyl ether line.