# SvetlogorskKhimvolokno expands polypropylene fabric and big-bag production

OAO SvetlogorskKhimvolokno is implementing an investment project to increase output of polypropylene fabric and big-bag containers at its plant in Svetlogorsk, Belarus. The project includes installation of an extrusion line from STC and 19 circular looms, with a second phase adding sewing and printing equipment.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-10-22
- Where: Svetlogorsk, Belarus
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 3,300,000 big-bags per year; 14,400,000 linear meters of polypropylene fabric per year
- Products: polypropylene fabric, big-bag containers
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md), [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [OAO SvetlogorskKhimvolokno](https://endata.com/companies/50699.md)
- [Starlinger](https://endata.com/companies/6461.md) (supplier)
- [STC Spinnzwirn GmbH](https://endata.com/companies/50700.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [belchemoil.by](https://belchemoil.by/news/tehnologii-i-trendy/cel-uvelichenie-vypuska), 2020-10-22: "C каждым днем приближается к завершению реализация инвестиционного проекта «Увеличение выпуска полипропиленовой ткани и контейнеров типа биг-бег в ОАО «СветлогорскХимволокно» на производственных площадях завода искусственного волокна."

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