# Chemours starts up Opteon YF plant in Corpus Christi, tripling HFO-1234yf capacity

Chemours has started up a new Opteon YF (HFO-1234yf) refrigerant production facility at its Corpus Christi site in Ingleside, Texas, completing a $300 million project that triples its global capacity for this product.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-02-12
- Where: Ingleside, Texas, United States
- Value: $300.0M
- Status: completed
- Capacity: Triples global capacity of HFO-1234yf-based products
- Products: Opteon YF (HFO-1234yf) refrigerant
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [HVAC and Industrial Refrigeration](https://endata.com/sectors/hvac-refrigeration.md)

## Companies

- [Chemours](https://endata.com/companies/4611.md)

## Sources

- [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/chemours-triples-capacity-of-opteon-yf-with-startup-of-new-us-production-facility-300794110.html), 2019-02-12: "The startup completes the final phase of the $300 million project we started in 2016, which triples supply capacity of Opteon™ YF across multiple industries and applications."

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