MOSCOW (MRC) -- Jindal Poly Films Ltd., in its recent earnings conference call, said a new biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) line at its sites in Brindisi, Italy, and LaGrange, Ga., will be complete by mid-2017, as per Apic-online.
The new lines, originally scheduled for completion by the fourth quarter of 2016, will each add 60,000 t/y of BOPP capacity at the sites. Jindal is also increasing metallizing and extrusion capabilities at the sites.
Also, the company said an additional BOPP line in India is complete and likely to be operational in the next two months, adding 41,000 t/y of capacity.
There are no plans to expand biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate (BOPET) capacity, Jindal noted.
As MRC wrote before, in 2012, Jindal Poly Films inked an agreement with ExxonMobil Chemical (ExxonMobil) to purchase ExxonMobil's BOPP Global Film business.
Jindal Poly Films is a part of Rs 3,000 crore B C Jindal Group, a 50 year old industrial group offering a wide range of products. The company is the largest manufacturer of BOPET and BOPP films in India. It produces BOPET film, BOPP film, metalized BOPET film and BOPP film, coated BOPET and BOPP films, polyester chips (for captive consumption in the BOPET film).
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