# Europlastex Invest to build cotton processing factory in Smorgon, Belarus

Europlastex Invest, a resident of the Grodnoinvest Free Economic Zone, will build a new cotton processing plant in Smorgon, Belarus. The €30 million investment is expected to create over 1,000 jobs, with commissioning scheduled in two years.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-09-19
- Where: Smorgon, Belarus
- Value: $35.0M (30.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 1,000
- Starts operating: 2020
- Status: announced
- Products: cotton yarn, cotton products
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [Europlastex Invest](https://endata.com/companies/34413.md)

## Sources

- [grodnoinvest.by](https://grodnoinvest.by/en/press-center/rezident-sez-grodnoinvest-ooo-evroplasteks-invest-postroit-zavod-po-pererabotke-xlopka-v-smorgoni/), 2018-09-19: "The volume of project's investments will equal to about about 30 million euros."

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