# Indorama to acquire Invista's Gersthofen PET plant in Germany

Indorama agreed in late December 2018 to acquire Invista's 282,000 metric-ton-per-year PET operation in Gersthofen, Germany, which makes industrial fibers and packaging resins.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2018-12-01
- Where: Gersthofen, Germany
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 282,000 metric tons per year
- Products: PET resin, industrial fibers, packaging resins
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Indorama](https://endata.com/companies/4453.md) (acquirer)
- [Invista](https://endata.com/companies/4454.md) (target)

## Sources

- [doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1021/cen-09702-buscon6), 2019-01-14: "agreed to acquire Invista's 282,000-metric-ton-per-year polyethylene terephthalate (PET) operation in Gersthofen, Germany"

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