EIB FUNDS NEW BOTTLE AROMATICS PLANT IN POLAND
January 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
POLAND'S Polski Koncern Naftowy (PKN) Orlen SA will construct two new aromatics plants that will produce chemical intermediates for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resins used in the packaging industry, following a Euro 300 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB). The resins will be used to make soft recyclable bottles, as well as polyester for textiles. The EIB loan will part-finance a plant that will produce 400,000 tonnes of para-xylene per year, at the PKN Orlen's existing refinery and petrochemical complex in P?ock, central ...
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