# Covestro launches new polycarbonate film production line in Thailand

Covestro launched a new production line for polycarbonate films at its Map Ta Phut site in Thailand, part of a global expansion with over €100 million investment.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-10-07
- Where: Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate, Thailand, Thailand
- Value: $117.0M (100.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 100
- Starts operating: Oct 2020
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 430 kilotons per year of polycarbonate films
- Products: polycarbonate films, Makrofol, Bayfol
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Covestro](https://endata.com/companies/1705.md)

## Sources

- [covestro.com](https://www.covestro.com/press/covestro-operates-new-production-line-in-thailand/), 2020-10-07: "With this additional production line using state-of-the-art technology, we are investing in future growth in the Asia-Pacific markets."
- [marklines.com](https://www.marklines.com/en/news/245249), 2020-10-14: "Covestro, a German plastics maker formerly part of Bayer, has expanded its specialty films plant in Thailand at the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate in Rayong as part of a THB 3.67-billion global investment plan."

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