# Esterpet launches rPET plant in Leeds with £9m Shawbrook Bank funding

Esterpet, set up by Esterform management, secured £9m of asset finance from Shawbrook Bank to buy two Starlinger rPET production lines at Sherburn-in-Elmet, Leeds, each capable of over 13,000 tonnes a year.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-02-17
- Where: Sherburn-in-Elmet, Leeds, United Kingdom
- Value: $12.3M (9.00M GBP)
- Status: completed
- Capacity: more than 13,000 tonnes of rPET per line
- Products: food-grade rPET, PET bottles and containers
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md), [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Esterpet](https://endata.com/companies/7614.md)
- [Britvic](https://endata.com/companies/2778.md) (customer)
- [Esterform Packaging](https://endata.com/companies/7615.md) (partner)
- [Shawbrook Bank](https://endata.com/companies/7616.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [themanufacturer.com](https://www.themanufacturer.com/articles/pet-manufacturer-to-tackle-single-use-plastics-thanks-to-9m-funding/), 2021-02-17: "Shawbrook Bank, a specialist lender to UK SMEs, is providing asset finance facilities totalling £9m for the purchase of two Starlinger recoSTAR PET 165 HC iV+ production lines"

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