Evonik Specialty Copolyester Plant Scheduled for Start-Up in Early 2018
ESSEN/WITTEN, Germany – Evonik Industries is building a new production plant for specialty copolyesters at its Witten site in Germany. As binders for paints, specialty copolyesters are used in coil coatings and, increasingly, in food can coatings. The plant will have annual production capacity of several thousand metric tons.
The project is on track to reach mechanical completion by end of November 2017. Following the successful mechanical completion, the commissioning phase will begin, and commercial operation is planned to start in the first quarter of 2018.