# New polyester fiber plant to be built in Shakhty, Russia

A company from Leningrad Oblast will invest 3 billion rubles to build Russia's first polyester staple fiber plant in Shakhty, Rostov Oblast. The facility will have a capacity of 200 tonnes per day and create 260 jobs, with production starting in early 2022.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-07-04
- Where: Shakhty, Rostov Oblast, Russia
- Jobs: 260
- Starts operating: Jan 2022
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 200 tonnes per day
- Products: polyester staple fiber, spunlace nonwoven material
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [Company from Leningrad Oblast](https://endata.com/companies/56240.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [rg.ru](https://rg.ru/2021/07/04/reg-ufo/v-rossii-vpervye-nachnut-proizvodit-poliefirnoe-volokno.html), 2021-07-04: "С запуском завода в Шахтах отечественные производители смогут не зависеть от импортного сырья."

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