# Baystar breaks ground on new Borstar polyethylene unit in Pasadena, Texas

Baystar held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new 625,000 metric ton-per-year Borstar polyethylene unit at its Pasadena, Texas site. The unit will double site capacity and is expected to start up in 2021, creating about 1,750 construction jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-02-28
- Where: Pasadena, Texas, United States
- Jobs: 1,750
- Starts operating: 2021
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 625,000 metric tons per year
- Products: Borstar polyethylene
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Bayport Polymers](https://endata.com/companies/32031.md)
- [Bayport Polymers (Baystar)](https://endata.com/companies/37654.md)
- [Borealis](https://endata.com/companies/242.md) (partner)
- [NOVA Chemicals](https://endata.com/companies/2940.md) (partner)
- [Total Petrochemicals and Refining USA, Inc.](https://endata.com/companies/23087.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [baystar.com](https://www.baystar.com/resources/news/baystar-celebrates-groundbreaking-for-new-borstar-polyethylene-unit-in-pasadena-texas/), 2019-02-28: "This new Borstar unit will more than double the site’s capacity and allow Baystar to provide our North American customers with a greater range of high-value-added and resource-efficient products."
- [newswire.ca](https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/baystar-celebrates-groundbreaking-for-new-borstar-r-polyethylene-unit-in-pasadena-texas-817270646.html), 2019-02-28: "This new Borstar unit will more than double the site's capacity and allow Baystar to provide our North American customers with a greater range of high-value-added and resource-efficient products."
- [inspectioneering.com](https://inspectioneering.com/news/2019-03-05/8317/baystar-celebrates-groundbreaking-for-new-borstar-polyethylene-u), 2019-03-05: "This new Borstar unit will more than double the site's capacity and allow Baystar to provide our North American customers with a greater range of high-value-added and resource-efficient products."
- [extrusion-info.com](https://www.extrusion-info.com/news/1628), 2019-03-06: "This new Borstar unit will more than double the site's capacity and allow Baystar to provide our North American customers with a greater range of high-value-added and resource-efficient products."
- [pasadenaedc.com](https://www.pasadenaedc.com/media-center/latest-news/p/item/12891/baystar-celebrates-groundbreaking-for-new-borstar-polyethylene-unit-in-pasadena-texas), 2019-04-02: "The state-of-the-art Borstar technology, which will be used in North America for the first time, will allow Baystar to produce enhanced polyethylene products for the most demanding applications."

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