M&G Polymers Nears Completion of PET Expansion in West Virginia

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated; Houston, Texas). M&G Polymers USA LLC (Apple Grove, West Virginia), a subsidiary of Gruppo Mossi & Ghisolfi (Italy), has completed the first two phases of a three phase PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate) expansion at their 626 million pound per year PET plant in Apple Grove, West Virginia.

Construction for this $35 million project began last year and the third phase is expected to be complete in the first half of 2003. Chemtex International Incorporated (Wilmington, North Carolina) is providing E+P+C/M services. Phase three of this expansion has been delayed slightly as M&G is anticipating the completion of another large expansion at their Altamira, Mexico plant in the first quarter of 2003.

M&G acquired the Apple Grove PET plant as well as assets in Italy, Mexico, and the US from Shell Chemical in June of 2000.