thyssenkrupp Uhde subsidiary Uhde Inventa-Fischer has entered an agreement with Turkish packaging company KÖKSAN to build a PET manufacturing facility in Yumurtalık, Turkey.
The planned line is set to produce 324,000tpa of PET resin for packaging uses and bulk continuous filament (BCF) output.
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The project is scheduled for completion and start-up in 2028.
Köksan CEO M Murat Kökoğlu said: “We are very happy to announce this project together with Uhde Inventa-Fischer, as already the first and second production lines in Gaziantep deliver excellent performance and product quality continuously.”
The facility will use Uhde Inventa-Fischer’s Melt-To-Resin (MTR) process, which the company said will lead to a “significant” cut in energy usage.
Under the contract, thyssenkrupp Uhde will provide the licence, basic and detailed engineering, and major plant equipment.
It will also train Köksan’s operating staff through its technology and operations specialists.
PET resin grades from the site are planned for supply to domestic customers and to markets in the Middle East, the Americas, Europe and Africa.
thyssenkrupp Uhde said the MTR system is a continuous polycondensation method that removes the solid-state post-condensation stage from PET resin production.
According to the company, this brings reduced energy use, capital spending, operating and maintenance costs, as well as improved raw material yield compared with conventional methods.
thyssenkrupp Uhde added that the technology can cut the carbon footprint linked to fuel and electricity by up to 30%.
It uses 2-reactor technology with the patented ESPREE and DISCAGE reactors to reach the required high melt viscosities.
Commenting on the development, thyssenkrupp Uhde CEO Nadja Håkansson said: “We are very proud that Köksan has chosen us to build another state-of-the-art PET plant.
“Our well-proven MTR process demonstrates that our technologies deliver economic and environmental advantages at the same time, combining reduced energy consumption and higher yield with lower CapEx and OpEx.”
