# thyssenkrupp wins second order from KÖKSAN for PET plant in Gaziantep, Turkey

thyssenkrupp's plant engineering business won a second order from Turkish packaging producer KÖKSAN to build a PET plant next to an existing line in Gaziantep. The plant will double site capacity to 432,000 tons of PET resin per year, with completion planned for 2022.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2020-04-21
- Where: Gaziantep, Türkiye
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 432,000 tons of PET resin per year
- Products: PET resin, PET production plant, MTR process technology
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Thyssenkrupp](https://endata.com/companies/833.md) (supplier)
- [Uhde Inventa-Fischer](https://endata.com/companies/4406.md) (partner)
- [KÖKSAN](https://endata.com/companies/6390.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [petnology.com](https://www.petnology.com/online/news-detail/thyssenkrupp-to-build-second-polymer-plant-for-koeksan-in-turkey), 2020-04-21: "thyssenkrupp’s plant engineering business has won a second order from the Turkish packaging producer KÖKSAN for a new PET production plant."
- [packaging-journal.de](https://packaging-journal.de/en/thyssenkrupp-builds-polymer-plant-in-turkey/), 2020-04-21: "thyssenkrupp builds a second plant for the production of PET for the Turkish packaging manufacturer Köksan."

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