# Borealis to build automotive polypropylene compounding plant in North Carolina

Borealis will construct a new automotive polypropylene compounding plant in Taylorsville, North Carolina, to produce Daplen and Fibremod compounds. Operations are scheduled to begin in early 2019.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-05-24
- Where: Taylorsville, North Carolina, United States
- Starts operating: Jan 2019
- Status: announced
- Products: polypropylene compounds, Daplen TPO, Fibremod SGF
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Borealis](https://endata.com/companies/242.md)

## Sources

- [autotechinsight.spglobal.com](https://autotechinsight.spglobal.com/news/5240252/borealis-to-build-new-automotive-polypropylene-compounding-plant-in-us-), 2017-05-26: "Borealis will construct a new automotive polypropylene (PP) compounding plant in Taylorsville, North Carolina (United States), according to a company press release on 24 May."

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