# ALPLA, Ecohelp and UPT form joint venture to build PET recycling plant in Targu Mures, Romania

ALPLA, Ecohelp SRL and United Polymer Trading AG are each investing equally in a joint venture to install an extrusion line recycling post-consumer PET bottles in Targu Mures, Romania, aiming for 15,000 tonnes of rPET per year. The total investment is about EUR 7.5 million and will create 15 jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-09-16
- Where: Targu Mures, Romania
- Value: $8.80M (7.50M EUR)
- Jobs: 15
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 15,000 tonnes of food-grade rPET per year
- Products: rPET granulate, PET preforms, PET bottles
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md), [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [ALPLA](https://endata.com/companies/889.md)
- [Ecohelp SRL](https://endata.com/companies/8401.md) (partner)
- [United Polymer Trading AG](https://endata.com/companies/8402.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [petnology.com](https://www.petnology.com/online/news-detail/alpla-ecohelp-and-upt-launch-joint-pet-recycling-operations-in-romania), 2021-09-16: "The entire amount being invested in the plant and the associated building and infrastructure comes to roughly €7.5 million."

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