# Covestro to build EUR1.5B MDI plant in Baytown, Texas

Covestro's Supervisory Board approved a EUR1.5 billion investment to build a new 500 kiloton MDI plant at its existing site in Baytown, Texas. The plant is expected to open for production in 2024.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-12-15
- Where: Baytown, Texas, United States
- Value: $1.65B (1.50B EUR)
- Starts operating: 2024
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 500 kilotons 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

- [solutions.covestro.com](https://solutions.covestro.com/en/highlights/articles/stories/2019/covestro-invests-1-5-billion-euros-in-new-mdi-plant), 2019-12-15: "Our Supervisory Board recently gave its seal of approval to a EUR1.5bn investment in MDI."

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