Stable feedstock prices and a secured feedstock supply are absolutely essential for your successful business model. In this regard Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) has become the worldwide preferred raw material for polyester production. Uhde Inventa-Fischer Polycondensation Technologies, as part of thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions’ electrolysis and polymers business unit, offers suitable technologies and know-how to convert the feedstock used in your polyester plant from DMT to PTA in order to strengthen your competitiveness on the market.
Changing the feedstock used in the production of polyester from DMT to PTA enables customers to adapt their plants to the changing market environment
Scope of work:
- Analysis of the technical plant parameters
- Creation of a service concept including various optimization proposals
- Submission of a proposal including alternative options
- Preparation of the basic and detail engineering
- Supply of all relevant plant components
- Installation and recommissioning of the plant
Your advantages
- PTA is more cost effective than DMT as feedstock
- Lower market price
- Reduced feedstock consumption by using PTA
- No catalyst is required for PTA esterification
- The supply of PTA is well secured due to high existing and upcoming production capacities
- More stable feedstock prices provide a degree of certainty in planning