# Polyplex expects $100M PET film expansion in Alabama to start up in Q1 2025

Polyplex expects the expansion project at its Decatur, Alabama, production facility to start up in the first quarter of 2025. The site added a new BOPET line with an annual capacity of 50,000 tonnes and increased resin capacity from 58,000 to 86,000 tonnes.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2024-11-05
- Where: Decatur, Alabama, United States
- Value: $100.0M
- Starts operating: Q1 2025
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 50,000 tonnes per year BOPET; resin capacity increased from 58,000 to 86,000 tonnes
- Products: BOPET film, polyester resin
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Polyplex Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/25977.md)

## Sources

- [famico.uk](https://www.famico.uk/polyplexs-100-million-us-pet-film-expansion-project-in-alabama-to-start-up-in-q1-2025/), 2024-11-06: "Polyplex expects the expansion project at its Decatur, Alabama, production facility to start up in the first quarter of 2025."

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