# Total Corbion PLA starts production at new PLA factory in Thailand

Total Corbion PLA has started production at its new 75,000 tons per year PLA bioplastics plant in Thailand, producing Luminy PLA resins. The adjacent lactide plant was also expanded to 100,000 tons per year.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-12-03
- Where: Thailand, Thailand
- Starts operating: 3 Dec 2018
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 75,000 tons per year
- Products: Luminy PLA resins, high heat PLA, PDLA
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Total Corbion PLA](https://endata.com/companies/35866.md)

## Sources

- [bioplasticsnews.com](https://bioplasticsnews.com/2018/12/03/total-corbion-pla-bioplastics-plant/), 2018-12-03: "The start-up of this state-of-the-art plant establishes Total Corbion PLA as a world-scale PLA bioplastic producer, ideally located to serve growing markets from Asia Pacific to Europe and the Americas."

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