# Covestro nearing completion of MDI plant expansion in Brunsbüttel, Germany

Covestro's investment in a new MDI plant at the Brunsbüttel industrial park is in its final phase, with production start expected in early 2020. The investment is in the triple-digit million euro range and will double capacity to 400,000 tons per year.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-03-27
- Where: Brunsbüttel, Germany, Germany
- Value: $112.0M (100.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 50
- Starts operating: Jan 2020
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 400,000 tons per year
- Products: MDI (methylene diphenyl diisocyanate)
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Covestro](https://endata.com/companies/1705.md)

## Sources

- [chemieunternehmen.com](https://www.chemieunternehmen.com/neue-anlage-von-covestro-fuer-hartschaum-komponente-mdigrossprojekt-naehert-sich-der-fertigstellung/), 2019-03-27: "Die laufende Investition ist ein echtes Großprojekt. Derzeit sind bis zu 900 Fachkräfte auf der Baustelle tätig."
- [covestro.com](https://www.covestro.com/press/covestro-expands-film-production-in-germany/), 2019-05-01: "At its Dormagen site, Covestro has started building additional production lines for high-quality polycarbonate films."
- [chemanager-online.com](https://chemanager-online.com/en/news/covestro-breaks-ground-for-german-pc-film-expansion), 2019-05-08: "Covestro has broken ground for an expansion of its specialty polycarbonate film production at Dormagen, Germany."

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