 W. R. Grace Co. GRA, a global leader in specialty silica, today announced the opening of its new 8,200 square-meter state-of-the-art, colloidal silica plant at its European flagship manufacturing and RD; center in Worms, Germany. The facility doubles the worldwide production capacity of LUDOX, Graces leading colloidal silica product, and significantly enhances Graces responsiveness to customers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, EMEA and Asia Pacific. This will enable Grace to continue to meet growing global demand in a thriving specialty silica segment, where there is active innovation that enables future growth for key industries. 