# Klöckner Pentaplast to expand rPET/PET capacity in North America

Klöckner Pentaplast announced it will add an extrusion line and two thermoformers for 15,000 metric tonnes of new rPET/PET capacity in North America. The site is still to be determined and the expansion is targeted to be fully operational in Q1 2024.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2022-01-26
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 15,000 metric tonnes per year of new rPET/PET capacity
- Products: rPET/PET films, recyclable pharmaceutical blister films, mono-material protein trays
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md), [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Klöckner Pentaplast](https://endata.com/companies/1242.md)

## Sources

- [kpfilms.com](https://www.kpfilms.com/en/news-events/_news?qlId=4013), 2022-01-26: "The expansion will add an extrusion line and two thermoformers delivering a total of 15,000 metric tonnes of new rPET/PET capacity."

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