# Covestro expands film production in Guangzhou, China

Covestro will convert an existing coextrusion line in Guangzhou, China, with first new capacities available by mid-2019, followed by a second phase of capacity expansion.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-07-18
- Where: Guangzhou, China, China
- Starts operating: Jul 2019
- Status: announced
- 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: "At the Guangzhou site in China, the focus will initially be on converting the existing coextrusion line."
- [covestro.com](https://www.covestro.com/investors/news/de/covestro-staerkt-seine-globale-folienproduktion/), 2018-07-18: "At the Guangzhou site in China, the focus will initially be on converting the existing coextrusion line."

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