# Korteks opens recycled polyester yarn plant in Bursa, Turkey

Korteks, a Turkish yarn producer, has completed a new facility in Bursa to produce recycled polyester yarn from PET waste bottles. The plant has a monthly production capacity of 600 tons.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-09-16
- Where: Bursa, Türkiye
- Value: $10.0M
- Starts operating: 16 Sep 2021
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 600 tons per month
- Products: recycled polyester yarn, RPET chips
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [Korteks](https://endata.com/companies/51156.md)
- [Starlinger](https://endata.com/companies/6461.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [textalks.com](https://textalks.com/korteks-installs-plant-to-produce-recycled-polyester-from-waste/), 2021-09-16: "Korteks has announced to open a new facility to produce polyester yarns from PET waste bottles."
- [plasticspla.net](https://plasticspla.net/2021/10/07/breaking-new-ground-in-turkeys-textile-industry/), 2021-10-07: "We have been in extensive cooperation with Starlinger for a long time."

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