# Thyssenkrupp to build PET plants for SASA and Merinos in Turkey

Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions' subsidiary Uhde Inventa-Fischer signed a contract to construct world-scale PET polymer plants for SASA Polyester in Adana and Merinos Hali in Gaziantep, Turkey. The plants will use MTR technology to produce PET bottles and bright chips, with startup slated for end of 2023.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2022-06-29
- Where: Adana and Gaziantep, Turkey, Türkiye
- Status: announced
- Capacity: approximately 700,000 tons/year (total for both lines)
- Products: PET bottles, bright chips for textiles
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Thyssenkrupp](https://endata.com/companies/833.md) (supplier)
- [SASA Polyester](https://endata.com/companies/8941.md) (customer)
- [Merinos Hali](https://endata.com/companies/9406.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [chemorbis.com](https://www.chemorbis.com/en/plastics-news/Germany-s-Thyssenkrupp-to-build-PET-plants-for-SASA-and-Merinos-in-Turkey/2022/06/29/847930), 2022-06-28: "The two PET lines will be located in Adana and Gaziantep, while the start up for both is slated to take place by the end of 2023."

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