# Korteks to launch Polymer Recycling Plant for recycled polyester yarn

Korteks, part of Zorlu Textile Group, will launch a Polymer Recycling Plant at the end of 2020 to produce polyester yarns from recycled PET bottles. The facility will have a monthly production capacity of 600 tons and will be a first for Turkey and Europe.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2020-11-12
- Where: Türkiye
- Starts operating: Dec 2020
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 600 tons per month
- Products: recycled polyester yarn (RPET chips), filament polyester yarn
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Korteks](https://endata.com/companies/51156.md)
- [Zorlu Textile Group](https://endata.com/companies/51157.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [etextilemagazine.com](https://www.etextilemagazine.com/a-first-from-korteks-both-in-europe-and-in-turkey.html), 2020-11-12: "Korteks... is getting ready to produce polyester yarns made out of purely recycled plastic bottles in the Polymer Recycling Plant, which will be launched at the end of this year."

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