# Lotte Chemical to invest 367.5 billion won in Ulsan and Yeosu plant expansions

Lotte Chemical will invest 367.5 billion won to expand its meta-xylene plant in Ulsan and its polycarbonate plant in Yeosu, South Korea. The expansions aim to strengthen raw material competitiveness and product portfolio, with the PC expansion adding capacity to reach 210,000 tons per year.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-05-10
- Where: Ulsan and Yeosu, South Korea
- Value: $330.0M (367.5B KRW)
- Starts operating: 2019
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 210,000 tons per year (PC)
- Products: meta-xylene, polycarbonate
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Lotte Chemical](https://endata.com/companies/2025.md)

## Sources

- [ir.newspim.com](https://ir.newspim.com/news/view/20170510000129), 2017-05-10: "롯데케미칼(사장 김교현)이 울산 메타자일렌(MeX)제품 공장과 여수 폴리카보네이트(PC)공장 증설에 3675억원을 투자한다."
- [en.yna.co.kr](https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20170510004600320), 2017-05-10: "Lotte Chemical decided to expand the output at its domestic plant that produces meta xylene (MeX), a material for purified isophthalic acid (PIA), which is a substance that stiffens PET in the production of bottles."
- [pulse.mk.co.kr](https://pulse.mk.co.kr/news/all/7817231), 2017-05-11: "The company aims to complete expansion by the end of 2019."

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