# SASA Polyester plans $11.8B PTA-MEG complex in Adana, Turkey

SASA Polyester announced plans for a PTA-MEG plant in Adana-Yumurtalik Free-Trade Zone, Turkey, with a total investment of $11.8 billion. The complex will include a 5 million tons/year PTA unit and a 2 million tons/year MEG unit, with construction expected to be completed by 2031.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2019-07-10
- Where: Adana-Yumurtalik Free-Trade Zone, Türkiye
- Value: $11.8B
- Jobs: 8,195
- Starts operating: 2031
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 5 million tons/year PTA, 2 million tons/year MEG
- Products: PTA, MEG, polyester, PP, PE, PVC, SAP
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [SASA Polyester](https://endata.com/companies/8941.md)

## Sources

- [chemorbis.com](https://www.chemorbis.com/en/plastics-news/SASA-provides-updates-on-proposed-PTA-MEG-facility-in-Turkey/2019/07/11/766550), 2019-07-10: "The environmental impact assessment report for the Turkish SASA Polyester’s proposed PTA-MEG plant will be completed by October."

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