# Air Liquide to invest $160M in new ASU and POX for Eastman in Longview, Texas

Air Liquide will invest over $160 million to modernize assets and build a new Air Separation Unit and Partial Oxidation Unit in Longview, Texas, under a long-term supply agreement with Eastman Chemical Company. The units will begin production in late 2021.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2020-09-02
- Where: Longview, Texas, United States
- Value: $160.0M
- Starts operating: Q4 2021
- Status: announced
- Products: gaseous oxygen, nitrogen, syngas
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Air Liquide](https://endata.com/companies/2132.md)
- [Eastman Chemical](https://endata.com/companies/7789.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [airliquide.com](https://www.airliquide.com/group/press-releases-news/2020-09-02/air-liquide-announces-new-investment-and-long-term-supply-agreement-serve-eastman-chemical-company), 2020-09-02: "Air Liquide will invest more than 160 million U.S. dollars to modernize existing assets and build a new Air Separation Unit (ASU) and Partial Oxidation Unit (POX)."

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