Formosa Plastics Corporation USA

Formosa Plastics Corporation USA is well underway with a $5.1 billion expansion at its Point Comfort, Texas complex, including a 2.65-billion-pound-per-year Olefins 3 ethylene unit, an EO/EG unit, an LDPE unit, and a polyethylene unit. Completion of the ethylene unit is expected in Q4 2018.

Formosa Plastics announced plans to expand PVC resin production at its Baton Rouge, Louisiana plant, increasing annual capacity by 300 million pounds. Construction is expected to begin in early 2019, with start-up in 2020.