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SABIC Agri-Nutirents, the SABIC unit Uhde Inventa-Fischer has signed a contract costs.”
formerly known as SAFCO, on Wednesday to build a world-scale 300-tonnes-per-day Alim Yurek, member of the board of
said its first quarter net profit surged 39 polymer plant for Yurek Polimer in Bursa, directors of Yurek Polimer said: “We chose
percent to SR423 million. Turkey. a well-proven technology which could
Meanwhile Advanced Petrochemical Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) will be be seamlessly integrated into the further
Company also reported a 64 percent jump produced for low-viscosity applications and production. With this PET investment, the
in first quarter net income to SR171 million PET melt will be converted into PET Chips, Yurek group will become an integrated textile
helped by a 36 percent rise in polypropylene as well as pre-oriented yarn, the German group.”
sales. company said. Scope of delivery will include basic and
ARAB NEWS Werner Steinauer, CEO of Uhde Inventa- detail engineering, pre-commissioning and
Fischer: “We are very proud that Yurek chose commissioning.
Thyssenkrupp unit to build us to build another state-of-the art PET plant. the polymer melt will be conveyed directly
A characteristic feature of the plant is that
Our 2R process offers many advantages
polymer plant in Turkey compared to conventional technologies, such from the polycondensation plant to several
downstream lines, according to Thyssenkrupp.
as reduced footprint, less CAPEX, optimised
Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions’ subsidiary energy consumption and lower production BNE

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