Polyethylene terephthalate

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On August 24, 2007, AlphaPet, a new subsidiary of Indorama Polymers, Thailand (IRP), today announces that it has selected Decatur, Alabama as the site of its new polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plant. The plant will have a capacity of 432,000 tons of PET per year, making it North America's largest PET plant when completed. The unit will be located adjacent to and will receive its PTA from BP's integrated Decatur paraxylene/PTA facility on the Tennessee River.

The Decatur plant will have the flexibility to produce different grades of resin simultaneously, allowing the company to serve CSD (carbonated soft drink), water, and custom containers customers. The project is currently in the engineering and pre-construction phase and is scheduled for completion by the end of 2008. After the project is complete, Indorama Polymers' global bottle grade capacity will be around 1,100,000 tons per year (2.4 billion pounds). Through its subsidiaries StarPet, Inc. of North Carolina and AlphaPet, Inc. of Alabama, IRP's PET capacity in North America will increase to more than 650,000 tons (1.43 billion pounds) per year.