# Covestro invests over €100M to expand global film production

Covestro plans capacity expansions at four sites: Map Ta Phut, Thailand; Guangzhou, China; South Deerfield, USA; and Dormagen, Germany. Total investment exceeds €100 million, creating over 100 new jobs. The Map Ta Phut facility is to be completed by end of 2019, Guangzhou by mid-2019, and Dormagen by Q4 2020.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-07-18
- Where: Map Ta Phut, Thailand, Thailand
- Value: $117.0M (100.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 100
- Starts operating: 2019
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 50% increase in specialty films production capacity
- Products: multilayer flat films
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Covestro](https://endata.com/companies/1705.md)

## Sources

- [covestro.com](https://www.covestro.com/investors/news/covestro-strenghens-its-global-film-production/), 2018-07-18: "With this capacity expansion, we are investing in promising technologies and applications."
- [covestro.com](https://www.covestro.com/investors/news/de/covestro-staerkt-seine-globale-folienproduktion/), 2018-07-18: "With this capacity expansion, we are investing in promising technologies and applications."
- [nationthailand.com](https://www.nationthailand.com/business/30352658), 2018-08-21: "The expansion of its specialty films production in Thailand is expected to be completed by the end of 2019; this will increase the production capacity by around 50 per cent."

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