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• KÖKSAN ordered a new PET resin plant in Yumurtalik from Uhde Inventa-Fischer
• New line set to add 324,000 tons of annual PET production capacity
• Project scope includes licensing, engineering, equipment supply, and staff training
• Plant start-up targeted for 2028 with output aimed at Turkey and export markets
• MTR technology expected to cut fuel and electricity-related carbon footprint by up to 30 percent

Thyssenkrupp Uhde’s subsidiary Uhde Inventa-Fischer has secured a contract from Turkish packaging manufacturer KÖKSAN to supply a new polyethylene terephthalate plant in Yumurtalik, expanding a partnership that already includes earlier production lines in Gaziantep. The project is scheduled for completion and start-up in 2028.

The facility is designed to produce 324,000 metric tons of PET resin a year. The output will serve a wide range of packaging uses and bulk continuous filament production, giving KÖKSAN additional volume for domestic sales and export markets across the Middle East, Europe, Africa, and the Americas.

Under the agreement, thyssenkrupp Uhde will provide the process license, basic and detailed engineering, and major plant equipment. The company will also train KÖKSAN’s operating teams as part of the project package, extending its role beyond plant delivery into operational readiness.

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A central feature of the new line is Uhde Inventa-Fischer’s Melt-To-Resin technology, which is designed to cut energy use by removing the solid-state post-condensation stage found in conventional PET production. The process is intended to lower fuel and power demand, reduce investment and running costs, and improve raw material yield.

thyssenkrupp Uhde says the technology can reduce the carbon footprint tied to fuel and electricity consumption by as much as 30 percent. The system relies on a two-reactor setup using the company’s ESPREE and DISCAGE reactors to achieve the melt viscosity needed for high-grade PET resin.

The order supports KÖKSAN’s plan to increase production capacity and strengthen its position in the resin market, while also giving thyssenkrupp Uhde another reference project for its lower-energy PET manufacturing process in Turkey.