Köksan Holding, operating in Gaziantep 4th Organized Industrial Zone , has started to invest in bottle and textile type pet resin production, which will reach a 100% recycling rate with the chemical de-polymerization method with a daily capacity of 300 tons and an annual capacity of 110 thousand tons.

Talip ÖZTÜRK

Köksan Holding has started to invest in bottle and textile type pet resin production, which will reach a 100% recycling rate with the chemical de-polymerization method with a daily capacity of 300 tons and an annual capacity of 110 thousand tons. The company aims to contribute approximately $100 million to the current account deficit with the facility to be commissioned in 2024.

"We made sustainability a principle."

Murat Kökoğlu, CEO of Köksan Holding operating in Gaziantep 4th Organized Industrial Zone, said that as Köksan, since the day it was founded, they have made a principle of sustainability and zero waste in order to leave a more livable and greener world to future generations. Kökoğlu stated that they are constantly investing in technology, trained manpower and the future with the environmentally friendly policies they follow, and in this context, they have started working to implement a new investment. In this context, Kökoğlu explained that they have decided to build a new facility that will allow the recycling of plastic bottles with the raw material of r-PET resin to be produced by separating the used PET bottles into their building blocks (monomers) with the chemical depolymerization method, and added that in addition to the current facility with an annual capacity of 500 thousand tons, they have decided to announced that they have started the project of producing bottle and textile type pet resin, which will start with the chemical de-polymerization method with a capacity of 110 thousand tons and a recycling rate of 25 percent and reach a recycling rate of 50 percent and 100 percent. Kökoğlu stated that POLYTEX was chosen as the provider of the design and engineering services of the critical equipment to be used in the construction of this facility.

50 percent will go to export

Kökoğlu stated that with the new project, they will produce recycled pet chips at the same rates for the textile industry as well as for existing customers in the food industry, and said, “In the new facility, which has the capacity to produce 100 percent r-PET, chemical recycling method is used for pet-based food and medical products. A recycling process will be implemented that offers the best solution for their application. At the facility, 50 percent will be produced for the use of the domestic market and 50 percent will be produced in Europe for export in order for our multinational customers to achieve their goals in sustainability and circular economy. We estimate that the impact of the new facility on the current account deficit will be around $100 million.

We strive to fulfill our responsibilities to the best of our ability within the framework of zero waste and sustainability, with the procedures we follow, the policies we implement and the environmentally friendly products we produce, together with our employees. We will continue to make sustainable environmentally friendly investments with the awareness of reducing our carbon footprint and environmental responsibility for all our stakeholders.”