Eastman Chemical Company has completed expansion of specialty copolyester capacity at its manufacturing site in Columbia, S.C. The additional copolyester production is expected to come on-line June 2008.
This expansion is in line with its plans to increase global copolyester manufacturing capacity by transitioning legacy PET manufacturing assets to large-scale copolyester assets at its South Carolina site, the location of the company's PET facility based on IntegRex technology. In addition to its facility in Kingsport, Tenn., this site is now the second Eastman facility in North America producing the copolyester family of specialty plastics.
This expansion is in line with its plans to increase global copolyester manufacturing capacity by transitioning legacy PET manufacturing assets to large-scale copolyester assets at its South Carolina site, the location of the company's PET facility based on IntegRex technology. In addition to its facility in Kingsport, Tenn., this site is now the second Eastman facility in North America producing the copolyester family of specialty plastics.
