Koksan Pet ve Plastik A.S is proud to announce that it has successfully commissioned its new PET resin plant with additional 216,000 Mton/year capacity under the UHIF (Uhde - Inventa Fischer) license with MTR (Melt-to-Resin) technology production as of 1 November 2022.
The production site, located in the company’s HQ Gaziantep in Turkey, also located in the company’s first plant that has been in operation since 2013 and it has the same production capacity of 216.000 tons/year. The new plant will be able to produce not only bottle grade PET resin but also Textile and Film grade polyester resins as well.
With this capacity expension, Köksan will reach an annual capacity of 432,000 tons, making it Turkey's largest and Europe's 2nd largest bottle grade pet resin producer under one roof. With this Bottle Grade Pet Resin production volume, Turkey will be the country with the largest production capacity in Europe.
According to company sources, KOKSAN is aiming to meet Turkey’s needs through domestic consumption (which helps to decrease import) and export the remaining volumes, particularly to the Europe, North Africa and the United States markets.
Along with its Bottle Grade Pet Resin production, Koksan continues successful
Production of Pet preforms in two locations, PE closures, Pet sheets and PE Stretch films with approximately 1500 employees.
Source: KOKSAN
