# TotalEnergies Corbion enters engineering stage for new PLA plant in Grandpuits, France

TotalEnergies Corbion has kicked off the front-end engineering design stage for a new 100,000 tons per annum PLA plant in Grandpuits, France. The plant is due to be operational in 2024.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-04-23
- Where: Grandpuits, France
- Starts operating: 2024
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 100,000 tons per annum
- Products: Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) resins, Luminy® PLA resins
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md), [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [TotalEnergies Corbion](https://endata.com/companies/54678.md)
- [Corbion](https://endata.com/companies/404.md) (partner)
- [Maire Tecnimont](https://endata.com/companies/8164.md) (supplier)
- [TotalEnergies](https://endata.com/companies/9252.md) (partner)
- [NextChem](https://endata.com/companies/54665.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [totalenergies-corbion.com](https://totalenergies-corbion.com/totalenergies-corbion-enters-engineering-stage-for-new-100-ktpa-pla-plant-in-grandpuits-france/), 2021-04-23: "Signing this contract with NextChem is an important milestone as it reinforces our commitment to the global bioplastic market as the first company to launch commercial scale Lactic Acid to PLA capability in Europe."

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