(PlasticsToday) -- Turkish PET perform processor Koksan has contracted plant construction engineering firm Uhde-Fischer to build the processor a new 216 KTa plant for the production of PET in Gaziantep, Turkey. The plant will be based on Uhde-Fischer's Melt-to-Resin technology, which does away with solid state polymerization to save energy and to realize other benefits.
A further investment for a second identical line is expected soon. The first plant is designed to produce various grades of polyethylene terephthalate (PET). With the new plant, which will be built next to Koksan's existing PET preform molding and bottling facilities in Gaziantep, the company aims to become the leading supplier of PET in Turkey. Koksan was a metal packaging processor for almost four decades before it began stretch blowmolding PET bottles and jars in 1997; in 2004 it took its perform molding in-house.