More Resin Capacity Is on the Way.

Three materials suppliers recently announced expansion projects.

* EVOH: Eval Co. of America (Evalca), Lisle, Ill., recently completed an expansion of its Pasadena, Texas, plant for Eval EVOH barrier resin. The 4.4-million-lb/yr expansion brings the plant's capacity to 50 million lb, reportedly making it the world's largest EVOH plant

* PET: KoSa in Houston plans a new 300-million-lb/yr PET bottle-resin plate at an undermined site in North America for mid-to-late 2002. This supplements a 130-million-lb expansion to start up this month in Queretaro, Maxico.

* MDI: Dow Plastics, Midland, Mich., plans to add 550 million lb/yr of polymeric MDI capacity by 2004. This will involve both a 50-million-lb expansion at Dow's LaPorte, Texas, plant and a new grassroots facility on the U.S. Gulf Coast.