# Shintech begins ethylene production at $1.4B Iberville Parish expansion

Shintech Louisiana LLC, a subsidiary of Shin-Etsu Chemical, began production of ethylene at its Iberville Parish plant in Plaquemine, Louisiana, as part of a $1.4 billion expansion project that started in April 2015. The ethylene plant is expected to ramp up to full production of about 500,000 tons per year in the coming weeks.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-02-18
- Where: Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, Louisiana, United States
- Value: $1.40B
- Jobs: 120
- Starts operating: 18 Feb 2020
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 500,000 tons per year of ethylene
- Products: ethylene, PVC, chlor alkali, vinyl chloride
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Shintech Louisiana LLC](https://endata.com/companies/7656.md)
- [Shin-Etsu Chemical](https://endata.com/companies/25085.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [theadvocate.com](https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/business/u-s-subsidiary-of-worlds-largest-producer-of-pvc-begins-iberville-ethylene-production/article_62c59b3a-5287-11ea-b301-f7df4c13fb92.html), 2020-02-18: "Shintech Louisiana LLC, the U.S. subsidiary of the world's largest producer of PVC, also known as polyvinyl chloride, began production of ethylene at its Iberville Parish plant recently."

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