2:19 min PET processing, Markets and Management, Applications & Operations, …

OCTAL doubles production and establishes new factory

OCTAL, the biggest producer of high grade plastic sheet worldwide is currently establishing the third and the fourth production building in Salalah, Oman. Full production should start in May 2012. With the new facilities, the annual capacity can be more than doubled to 927,000 tons. ...
2:20 min PET processing, Global themes, Sustainability & Circular Economy, …

OCTAL wins industry with the first ever green plastic sheet

OCTAL has set a new benchmark for packaging with DPETTM - the world’s first green plastic sheet. In addition to massive resources saving in production the carbon footprint is 25 % lower than that of any comparable PET sheet. This means a quantum leap has been achieved in ...
0:39 min PET processing

1st PET Polycondensation Plant with AQUAFIL Low Building Technology (LBT)

Polyplex Ltd. has purchased its 4th polycondensation plant for polyester film production with AQUAFILEngineering Technology. Polyplex Ltd. is the 4th largest thin film producer in the world and operatestoday already three 2-Reactor PET polycondensation plants of AQUAFIL ...
1:31 min PET processing

DAK Americas completes acquisition of Wellman’s PET business.

DAK Americas LLC (DAK) announced that it has completed the acquisition of the PET Resins business of Wellman, Inc. (“Wellman”). The acquisition brings DAK Americas total PET resin production capacity to more than 4.3 billion pounds annually (1,945 KTons) in the Americas. The ...
1:50 min PET processing

Start up of PET MTR® plant at Alco-Naphtha JSC in Kaliningrad, Russia

In the spring of 2011 Uhde Inventa-Fischer and Alco-Naphtha JSC started up the first ...
4:22 min PET processing

M&G selects Corpus Christi, Texas as the site of its 1 million ton PET and 1.2 million ton PTA plants

M&G Group, the largest producer of PET for packaging applications in the Americas has selected Corpus Christi, Texas, as the location for construction of its previously announced one million tons per year PET plant (2.2 billion pounds) and accompanying 1.2 million tons per year (2.6 ...
0:16 min PET processing

Expansion of PET capacity in Europe to be at Poland

Announcement
1:10 min PET processing

New PET production plant for SKC Co., Ltd.

SKC Co., Ltd. and Uhde Inventa-Fischer have signed a contract for the supply of a plant for the production of high-quality PET for the manufacture of films in Jincheon, Republic of Korea. The plant will have two lines with production capacities of 144,000 and 54,000 tonnes of resin a ...
1:38 min PET processing

A new MTR® plant for KÖKSAN in Gaziantep, Turkey

KÖKSAN PET PACKAGING INDUSTRY CO., a leading producer of PET preforms has signed a ...
4:58 min Markets and Management, Applications & Operations, Management, …

OCTAL secures US$296 million for next phase of expansion

Global PET packaging leader OCTAL is on track to complete the second phase of its operational expansion this year following a new round of funding from six Middle Eastern banks.The privately owned, Oman-based manufacturer opened a 400,000 metric ton (m/t) PET resins and sheet ...