# BRILEN invests in high tenacity polyester yarn capacity expansion in Barbastro

BRILEN approved a new investment to expand high tenacity polyester yarn capacity at its Barbastro, Spain facility. A pilot line will start up at end of 2021, and four new spinning lines will start up in Q1 2023, adding 5,000 metric tons of capacity, bringing total to 26,000 metric tons per year.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2021-07-20
- Where: Barbastro, Spain, Spain
- Starts operating: Q1 2023
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 26,000 metric tons per year
- Products: high tenacity polyester yarn
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [Brilén](https://endata.com/companies/2982.md)

## Sources

- [brilen.com](https://brilen.com/en/new-investment-on-high-tenacity-polyester-yarn-capacity/), 2021-07-20: "BRILEN is pleased to inform to the market the approval of a new investment on High Tenacity Polyester Yarn capacity at our premises of Barbastro (Spain) with two main purposes: R+D reinforcement and capacity extension."

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