Kuraray

Kuraray is investing approximately $15 million to install plant-based high barrier resin production in Houston, Texas, with the plant scheduled to be completed in September 2019 and operating in early 2020.

Kuraray America is investing approximately US$15 million to install plant-based high barrier resin production in Houston, Texas, supporting Sealed Air's Plantic packaging work.

Kuraray is investing approximately $15 million to install plant-based high barrier resin production in Houston, Texas, supporting its partnership with Sealed Air. The resin plant is scheduled for completion in September 2019 and operation in early 2020.

Sealed Air is investing about $24 million to add production of plant-based food packaging using Plantic resin at its Simpsonville, S.C. facility, with production scheduled to start in Q2 2020.

MonoSol, a Kuraray division, will initially invest US$72 million to build a 150,000-square-foot water-soluble film manufacturing facility in Lebanon, Indiana, expected to create up to 89 jobs by mid-2020. The site adds about 18 percent to existing global capacity.