# Shintech to spend $1.5 billion expanding Louisiana vinyl facility

Shintech will invest $1.5 billion to expand its Plaquemine, Louisiana facility, building an 860,000-metric-ton-per-year vinyl chloride plant, a 600,000-metric-ton chlorine plant, and expanding PVC capacity by 290,000 metric tons.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-07-25
- Where: Plaquemine, Louisiana, United States
- Value: $1.50B
- Starts operating: 2020
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 860000 metric tons per year vinyl chloride, 600000 metric tons per year chlorine, 290000 metric tons per year PVC
- Products: vinyl chloride, chlorine, polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Shintech](https://endata.com/companies/15767.md)
- [Shin-Etsu Chemical](https://endata.com/companies/25085.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [cen.acs.org](https://cen.acs.org/business/petrochemicals/Shintech-spend-15-billion-cement/96/i31), 2018-07-26: "Shintech, the U.S. polyvinyl chloride (PVC) arm of Japan's Shin-Etsu Chemical, says it will spend $1.5 billion to expand its vinyl facility in Plaquemine, La."
- [process-worldwide.com](https://www.process-worldwide.com/shintech-to-construct-new-integrated-pvc-plant-a-738611/), 2018-08-01: "The amount of this investment is expected to be $ 1.49 billion, which the subsidiary will fund by itself."

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