MOSCOW (MRC) - Ecopet plant
(Kaliningrad) has developed a new brand of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), the
company said.
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.
Also, in June 2020, the company passed the product
certification procedure at the Russian Export Center and received the Made in
Russia label. This increases the recognition of domestic products in foreign
markets, and also confirms their quality, safety and environmental
friendliness.
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. |