Wellman Inc has become the largest PET resin producer in the U.S. with the successful start-up of its new PET resin line at its Pearl River facility located in Hancock County, Mississippi. The new PET resin line, which has an annual nameplate capacity of 300 million pounds, began initial shipments of first quality resin to customers in early June.
This expansion increases Wellman's PET resin capacity at its Pearl River facility to approximately 860 million pounds and increases its total U.S. PET resin capacity to approximately 1.6 billion pounds. Wellman has 120 million pounds of PET resin capacity at its Emmen facility in the Netherlands. Wellman, Inc. manufactures and markets high-quality polyester products, including PermaClear(R) brand PET (polyethylene terephthalate) packaging resins and Fortrel(R) brand polyester fibers.
09-Jun-06 
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