# ExxonMobil invests $500M in new polypropylene plant in Baton Rouge

ExxonMobil announced a $500 million investment in a new polypropylene plant at its Polyolefins site in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The project will create over 60 jobs and over 600 construction jobs, with construction slated to start in 2020.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-04-16
- Where: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
- Value: $500.0M
- Jobs: 60
- Status: announced
- Capacity: over 450,000 tons of polypropylene plastics per year
- Products: polypropylene plastics for car parts, recyclables, and food packaging
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [ExxonMobil](https://endata.com/companies/1345.md)

## Sources

- [katc.com](https://katc.com/news/covering-louisiana/2019/04/15/exxonmobil-invests-500m-to-expand-baton-rouge-plant-creating-jobs/), 2019-04-16: "ExxonMobil is investing $500 million in a new polypropylene plant at Polyolefins located on Scenic Hwy in Baton Rouge."

---
Data from Endata (https://endata.com/). Announcements are summarized from public sources and may be incomplete; check the linked originals.