# Avangard opens first polyester fiber plant in Russia

OOO Avangard launched the Shakhtinsky Polyester Plant in Shakhty, Rostov Oblast, the first polyester staple fiber plant in Russia. The facility has a capacity of 6,000 tons per month, created 400 jobs, and involved an investment of 5 billion rubles.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2023-06-06
- Where: Shakhty, Rostov Oblast, Russia
- Value: $58.0M (5.00B RUB)
- Jobs: 400
- Starts operating: 6 Jun 2023
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 6,000 tons per month
- Products: polyester staple fiber
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [OOO Avangard](https://endata.com/companies/65818.md)

## Sources

- [ria.ru](https://ria.ru/20230606/zavod-1876448262.html), 2023-06-06: "Компания ООО 'Авангард' запустила в городе Шахты Ростовской области первый в России завод по производству полиэфирного штапельного волокна"
- [gorodn.ru](https://gorodn.ru/razdel/vlast/biznes_i_vlast/donskoy-proizvoditel-nameren-zamestit-do-60-rynka-poliefirnogo-shtapelnogo-volokna/), 2023-07-06: "В Шахтах Ростовской области ввели в строй первый в России завод по производству полиэфирного штапельного волокна."

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