# Formosa Plastics USA plans $120M EDC/VCM reactor unit in Texas

Formosa Plastics USA is planning to build a new $120 million ethylene dichloride/vinyl chloride monomer reactor unit at its Point Comfort, Texas, complex, with the Louisiana complex also a possible site. The company is seeking tax breaks from local authorities.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-01-25
- Where: Point Comfort, Texas, United States
- Value: $120.0M
- Status: announced
- Products: ethylene dichloride, vinyl chloride monomer
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Formosa Plastics USA](https://endata.com/companies/52776.md)

## Sources

- [spglobal.com](https://www.spglobal.com/commodity-insights/en/news-research/latest-news/chemicals/012521-formosa-planning-new-edcvcm-reactor-unit-in-texas), 2021-01-25: "Formosa Plastics USA is planning to build a new $120 million ethylene dichloride/vinyl chloride monomer reactor unit at its Point Comfort, Texas, complex."

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