ALPLA opened a new packaging plant in Adana, Türkiye, on 14 September 2026, covering about 20,000 square metres for PET preforms and HDPE and PP packaging. It is part of Turkish investments totalling about EUR 30 million.
Thyssenkrupp Uhde subsidiary Uhde Inventa-Fischer won a contract from KÖKSAN to supply a PET resin plant in Yumurtalik with 324,000 metric tons annual capacity, with start-up targeted for 2028.
thyssenkrupp Uhde's subsidiary Uhde Inventa-Fischer signed a Letter of Intent with KÖKSAN to deliver two PET resin plants, one in Gaziantep, Türkiye and one in Babylon, Iraq with Al Mutahida Packaging, each with 324,000 tons per year capacity. Completion is planned for 2027 and 2028.
Süper Film Ambalaj is investing €100 million, including working capital, in a new packaging plant in the Lüleburgaz OSB, Turkey. The plant will start with 60,000-tonne capacity, raising total capacity to 185,000 tonnes, and will employ 150 additional people.
POLYTEX was awarded a contract to provide design, engineering and know-how on critical components for Koksan's new chemical PET recycling plant in Turkey.
Koksan PET Packaging Industry will build a new chemically recycled PET (R-PET) plant in Turkey with capacity of 300 tons per day using its patented process. The plant is expected to be operational by the end of 2023.
Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions subsidiary Uhde Inventa-Fischer signed a contract to build a world-scale polymer plant for Merinos Hali in Turkey, producing 330,000 tons per year of resin for PET bottles and textile chips. The article reports no contract value.
Uhde Inventa-Fischer, a thyssenkrupp Uhde subsidiary, signed a contract to build three polymer plants for SASA Polyester in Adana, Turkey, including PET, Co-PET and MTR resin production lines. The announcement is dated 22 February 2022.
Starlinger will supply its recoSTAR PET 215 iV+ food-grade PET recycling system to Başatlı Boru Profil in Kocaeli Province, Turkey, with operation planned from April 2022. The system produces up to 2,400 kg of food-safe rPET per hour.
Turkish polyethylene film maker Bareks, part of Bakioğlu Holding, completed a new factory and an MDO blown film line in Izmir to increase production capacity and export from Menemen Free Zone.
Mauser Packaging Solutions is investing in new equipment at its Gebze facility, adding a plastic drum line due for completion in Q4 2021 and an IBC blow molding machine in early 2022.
Huhtamaki is acquiring Elif, a Turkey and Egypt based supplier of sustainable flexible packaging, for GBP 350 million, expanding its flexible packaging footprint into Turkey.
Turkish film producer Polibak has purchased two BOBST EXPERT K5 2450mm metallizers with AlOx GEN II and AluBond processes to raise metallizing capacity. The first machine is already in production and the second will be installed next year.
Atılım Ambalaj has broken ground on a new factory in the Bolu Organized Industrial Zone to produce food stretch film. Production is targeted for 2021 at about 1,300-1,400 tonnes per year.
thyssenkrupp's plant engineering business won a second order from Turkish packaging producer KÖKSAN to build a PET plant next to an existing line in Gaziantep. The plant will double site capacity to 432,000 tons of PET resin per year, with completion planned for 2022.
Mondi Kalenobel developed a recyclable polypropylene mono-material film replacing a multi-material laminate for Unilever's Knorr dry soup powder in Turkey. The packaging has been introduced to the Turkish market for selected Knorr designs.
Polibak, a subsidiary of Bakioğlu Holding, signed a contract with Brückner for the largest BOPP film production line in Turkey, with 10.4m line width and output over 7,400 kg per hour, boosting its capacities by 40%.
Turkish film producer Polibak signed a contract with Germany's Brückner to build the largest BOPP film production line in Turkey in Izmir, expected to raise its nameplate capacity by 40% to 180,000 tons/year by Q3 2019.
thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions' subsidiary Uhde Inventa-Fischer signed a contract with SASA Polyester Sanayi to build a PET plant with 380,000 tpy capacity in Adana, Turkey, reported 30 November 2017.
Polinas, a Yildiz Holding film manufacturer, acquired Propak, a Turkish converter of flexible packaging for snacks, confectionery and nuts, with MP Corporate Finance advising the sellers. The deal's value was not disclosed.
Turkish flexible packaging maker Korozo Ambalaj signed stock transfer and partnership agreements with private equity firm Actera Group. The transaction awaits Turkish Competition Authority approval.
The EBRD, private equity firm Actera and Esas Holding are acquiring a majority stake in Korozo Ambalaj, a Turkish flexible packaging producer that is building a new facility in Corlu, Tekirdag.
Sources say Bedminster Capital has authorized the sale of its 80% stake in Turkish packaging company Propak Ambalaj, with Constantia Flexibles among four interested bidders. Propak did not comment.