# Huntsman breaks ground on $18.3M polyurethane plant in Tianjin

Huntsman started construction of a custom-built factory in Tianjin's Nangang Industrial Zone, with a total investment of 130 million yuan ($18.3 million), to produce polyurethane mixtures, expected to be completed by end of 2019 and start production in early 2020 with annual capacity of 70,000 tons.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-11-14
- Where: Tianjin Nangang Industrial Zone, China
- Value: $18.3M (130.0M CNY)
- Starts operating: Jan 2020
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 70,000 tons of polyurethane per year
- Products: polyurethane mixtures
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Huntsman Corp.](https://endata.com/companies/1591.md)

## Sources

- [chemnews.com.cn](https://www.chemnews.com.cn/c/2019-11-14/595716.shtml), 2019-11-14: "亨斯迈复合材料天津工厂是亨斯迈在中国北方布局的第一家工厂，总投资1.3亿元人民币，计划于2019年年底完成建设，2020年年初投产运营。"

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