Company/Division name | Bayport Polymers LLC |
Parent company | *see notes |
Reshoring category: | Foreign Direct Investment |
Year reshoring announced: | 2018 |
Year reshoring implemented or to be implemented: | 2020 |
Capital investment ($): | 1700 |
Country(ies) from which reshored: | Austria,Canada,France |
City reshored to: | Port Arthur |
State(s) reshored to: | TX |
If relevant, work nearshored to: | - |
Industry(ies): | Chemicals |
Product(s) reshored | ethylene / polyethylene / plastic resins |
What non-domestic negative factors made offshoring less attractive? | Other, chem update |
What domestic positive factors made reshoring more attractive? | Automation/technology, Customer responsiveness improvement, Lean/other business process improvement techniques, Proximity to customers/market, U.S. price of natural gas/chemicals/electricity, Other, meet growing demand |