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Lonza to build large-scale spray-drying facility in Oregon

Chemical Engineering (chemengonline.com) Trade press Published 10th September 2026 Global

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<p>Lonza, Group AG (Basel, Switzerland) announced plans to further strengthen its significant U.S. presence by constructing a large-scale commercial spray-drying facility in Bend, Oregon. The investment will establish Lonza as the leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) provider of commercial-scale spray-dried dispersion (SDD) PSD-4 capacity in the U.S. Lonza will offer a full range [&#8230;]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.chemengonline.com/lonza-to-build-large-scale-spray-drying-facility-in-oregon/">Lonza to build large-scale spray-drying facility in Oregon</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.chemengonline.com">Chemical Engineering</a>.</p>

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Chemical Engineering (chemengonline.com) · Trade Publication
Published
10th September 2026
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chemengonline.com

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Commodities & Input Costs
Geography
Global
Organisations
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10th September 2026 · 16:35

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Significance 2 · Moderate
Confidence 2 · Low

Initial Significance Moderate (26.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (21.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Geographic Breadth (0.0/10 points). Initial Confidence Low (20.5/100, data sufficiency: Insufficient). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (20.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Specificity (0.0/20 points).

Strongest contributor
Procurement Impact
Limiting factor
Geographic Breadth