Production of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) will not begin at Brazil's Petroquímica Suape (PQS) petrochemical complex until the end of the current quarter, because of mechanical difficulties, as per ICIS News.
Federal energy major Petrobras has invested around US$5 bln in the 700,000 tpa purified terephthalic acid (PTA) project, located in the northeastern state of Pernambuco. Petroquímica will have annual production capacity for PET of 450,000 tpa, as well as 240,000 tpa of polyester fibers, made up of 86,000 tpa of partially oriented yarn (POY), 85,000 tpa of draw textured yarn (DTY), 14,000 tpa of full draw yarn (FDY) and 55,000 tpa of polymers. PET will be produced on two lines of 225,000 tpa capacity, the first of which will begin producing at the end of Q2, and the second at the end of the year.
23-Apr-14 
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