# Eastman to build $250M methanolysis facility in Kingsport, Tennessee

Eastman will invest approximately $250 million to build one of the world's largest methanolysis facilities at its site in Kingsport, Tennessee. The facility will convert polyester waste into specialty plastics and is expected to be mechanically complete by year-end 2022.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-01-29
- Where: Kingsport, Tennessee, United States
- Value: $250.0M
- Starts operating: 2022
- Status: announced
- Capacity: over 100,000 metric tons of plastic waste per year
- Products: specialty plastics made with recycled content
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Eastman](https://endata.com/companies/8235.md)

## Sources

- [tn.gov](https://www.tn.gov/ecd/news/2021/1/29/governor-lee--commissioner-rolfe-announce-eastman-to-build-methanolysis-facility-to-support-an-optimized-circular-economy.html), 2021-01-29: "Eastman will invest $250 million in plastic-to-plastic molecular recycling facility."

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