# Corbion to expand Rayong lactide plant by 25,000 tons per year

Corbion will expand its existing lactide plant in Rayong, Thailand by 25,000 tons per annum, with start-up targeted for the second half of 2018 alongside the new PLA plant.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2016-11-09
- Where: Rayong, Thailand
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 25,000 tons per annum additional lactide
- Products: lactide
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Corbion](https://endata.com/companies/404.md)

## Sources

- [bioplasticsnews.com](https://bioplasticsnews.com/2016/11/21/corbion-and-total-form-a-joint-venture/), 2016-11-21: "In addition to the construction of this new PLA polymerization plant, Corbion will expand its existing lactide plant in Thailand by 25,000 tons per annum."

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