# PET production complex to be built in Atyrau, Kazakhstan

A complex for the production of polyethylene terephthalate will be built in Atyrau, Kazakhstan. The project cost is USD 700 million, with a capacity of approximately 430,000 tons per year.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2020-02-24
- Where: Atyrau, Kazakhstan
- Value: $700.0M
- Jobs: 1,500
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 430,000 tons per year
- Products: polyethylene terephthalate
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Kazakhstan Ministry of Energy](https://endata.com/companies/45464.md)

## Sources

- [qazinform.com](https://qazinform.com/news/polyethylene-terephthalate-production-complex-to-be-built-in-atyrau_a3617771), 2020-02-24: "The project cost is USD700 million. The capacity of the complex is approximately 430 thousand tons of products per year."

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