# Baystar breaks ground on Borstar PE unit in Pasadena, Texas

Baystar Polymers held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new 625,000 metric ton-per-year Borstar polyethylene unit at its Pasadena, Texas site. The unit is expected to start up in 2021 and will use Borstar technology for the first time in North America.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-03-12
- Where: Pasadena, Texas, United States
- Starts operating: 2021
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 625,000 metric tons per year
- Products: polyethylene
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Baystar Polymers](https://endata.com/companies/37970.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)
- [Novealis Holdings LLC](https://endata.com/companies/34723.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [canplastics.com](https://www.canplastics.com/materials/baystar-breaks-ground-on-new-borstar-pe-unit-in-texas/1003449708/), 2019-03-12: "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."

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