# Covestro delays MDI capacity expansion at Tarragona plant to 2025

Covestro's project to increase MDI capacity at its Tarragona, Spain plant is still underway but expected by 2025 instead of the initial estimate of 2022.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2021-09-28
- Where: Tarragona, Spain, Spain
- Value: $17.4M (15.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 10
- Starts operating: 26 Oct 2021
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 45,000 tons per year
- Products: methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI)
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [everchem.com](https://everchem.com/covestro-mdi-expansion-plans/), 2021-09-28: "A project to increase capacity at its Tarragona, Spain plant, still underway but expected by 2025 instead of the initial estimate of 2022."
- [thenewbarcelonapost.com](https://www.thenewbarcelonapost.com/en/the-polymer-manufacturer-covestro-invests-15-million-in-the-free-trade-zone/), 2021-10-26: "The Zona Franca distillation plant will expand the production of the range of polyurethane hardeners up to 45,000 tons per year."
- [thenewbarcelonapost.com](https://www.thenewbarcelonapost.com/el-fabricante-de-polimeros-covestro-invierte-15-millones-en-la-zona-franca/), 2021-10-26: "The Zona Franca distillation plant will expand the production of the range of polyurethane hardeners up to 45,000 tons per year."

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