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MOSCOW (MRC) - The Ecopet plant
(Kaliningrad) has increased the volume of exports of polyethylene terephthalate
(PET) compared to 2019 to 21%, despite the situation due to the COVID-19
pandemic and the slowdown in economic growth, Business
Russia reported.
The plant produces 690 tonnes of PET per day,
increasing productivity during a pandemic by 4.5%. The company's export
destinations are spread all over the world and include the USA, Ukraine,
Tajikistan, Serbia, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Holland, Kenya, Cyprus and other
countries.
Earlier it was reported that
Ecopet has developed a new brand of polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Thus,
Ecopet notes that it is developing promising directions and has released a new
brand of polyethylene terephthalate - Ekopet 64 FG, which is suitable for the
manufacture of BOPET films and can be used in the production of polyester
fibers, from which, in turn, nonwoven materials for technical purposes are
obtained.
According to the ICIS-MRC Price
Report, tensions on the Russian PET market continue in early April. The
deficit in the spot market for granules will remain in the current month.
Producer Senezh reported no free material on the spot in April. Ecopet plant
also noted the absence of spot volumes of granulate in the current
month.
Ecopet JSC is the largest producer of polyethylene terephthalate
in Russia and Eastern Europe. PET of the Ekopet trademark is intended for the
production of food containers and packaging, various products for technical and
household purposes. The construction of the enterprise began in 2007 with an
initial design capacity for the production of polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
equal to 220 thousand tons per year, and in February 2011 the plant was put into
operation, the first batch of PET brand Ekopet was produced. In 2018, the plant
reached its full production capacity, which now amounts to more than 660 tons of
products per day or 240 thousand tons per year. |
