# Formosa Plastics to invest $332M in Baton Rouge PVC expansion

Formosa Plastics Corp. Louisiana is investing $332 million to expand PVC resin production by 300 million lb/year and add equipment at its Baton Rouge site. The project is expected to create 15 direct jobs and start operations in late 2021 or early 2022.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-08-28
- Where: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, United States
- Value: $332.0M
- Jobs: 15
- Starts operating: Q4 2021
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 300 million lb/year PVC resin
- Products: polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resin, vinyl chloride monomer
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Formosa Plastics Corp. Louisiana](https://endata.com/companies/41652.md)

## Sources

- [ogj.com](https://www.ogj.com/refining-processing/petrochemicals/article/14038990/formosa-plastics-to-expand-baton-rouge-manufacturing-site), 2019-08-28: "The expansion of the existing PVC unit will result in an additional 300 million lb/year of resin production."

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