# SAMCA doubles PET capacity to 250,000 tonnes at Brilén plant in Barbastro

SAMCA has started operations at its EUR 84 million expansion of the Brilén plant in Barbastro, doubling PET production capacity to 250,000 tonnes. The project created 200 jobs during installation and is partly funded by the Aragon government.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-03-15
- Where: Barbastro, Aragon, Spain
- Value: $103.0M (84.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 200
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 250,000 tonnes of PET per year
- Products: PET
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Brilén](https://endata.com/companies/2982.md)
- [SAMCA](https://endata.com/companies/2983.md)
- [Government of Aragon](https://endata.com/companies/2984.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [cadenaser.com](https://cadenaser.com/aragon/la-empresa-brilen-estudia-una-reestructuracion-en-la-seccion-de-filamento-radio-huesca/), 2018-03-14: "Iniciativa que duplicará la capacidad de producción de PET, que llegará a las 250.000 toneladas."

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