The production of BOPET film chips with AQUAFIL 2-Reactor Continuous and Batch Technology has been successfully started.
The speciality of the plant is the combination of a continuous and a batch polycondensation, enabling the customer to produce and develop a variety of special grades for their film production.
AQUAFIL 2-Reactor Polyester Plant for BOPET film production has been successfully started.
The speciality of the plant is the Direct Film Casting Technology (DFC®) of AQUAFIL which is the first single line worldwide.
AQUAFIL 2-Reactor Polyester Plant has been sold to Indorama Public Company Ltd./ Asia PET (Thailand) Ltd. for the production of PET bottle chips.
The plant is operating successfully since October 2008 and is expanding the existing amorphous chips capacity up to 180.000 t/y.
After installation of plants for film application the proven AQUAFIL 2-Reactor Polyester Technology is entering the tire cord business area.
The high polymer quality at lowest production and investment costs has convinced the company Slovkord a.s. (Slovak Republic) to order a polyester plant with the AQUAFIL 2-Reactor Technology as turn-key project for their new production expansion.
Slovkord a.s. is belonging to the Kord Group (Czech Republic) which is the biggest producer of cord textile in Europe.