# CARBIOS and Wankai New Materials agree to build PET biorecycling plant in China

CARBIOS and Wankai New Materials have signed a binding agreement on the main principles of a collaboration to deploy CARBIOS' PET biorecycling technology in Asia, starting with a plant in China with a processing capacity of 50,000 tonnes of PET waste per year. Construction is expected to start in Q1 2026.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2025-11-06
- Where: China, China
- Value: $5.40M (5.00M EUR)
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 50,000 tonnes of PET waste per year
- Products: PET biorecycling, PTA monomers, MEG monomers
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Carbios](https://endata.com/companies/8141.md) (partner)
- [Wankai New Materials](https://endata.com/companies/74260.md) (partner)
- [Zhink Group](https://endata.com/companies/82099.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [carbios.com](https://www.carbios.com/newsroom/en/carbios-and-wankai-new-materials-a-subsidiary-of-zhink-group-are-committed-to-the-large-scale-deployment-of-carbios-pet-biorecycling-technology-in-asia/), 2025-11-06: "The two Groups have reached a binding agreement on the main principles of their collaboration, with a view to deploying a capacity of one million tonnes in the long term."

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