On December 18, Formosa Plastics Inc. said on Monday that it would expand PVC capacity in the United States by 2020, making it the second producer in recent weeks to unveil its expansion plan for PVC in the United States.
Formosa Plastics said the company plans to expand 300 million pounds (136,000 tons) of capacity at its PVC plant in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
It is reported that the current plant in Baton Rouge, Taiwan has 470,000 tons / year of PVC capacity.