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HB Fuller To Build Adhesive Manufacturing RIL To Doubles Its PET

Facility In Egypt Recycling capacity

eliance
RIndustries
Limited (RIL)
has announced
t hat it is
doubling its
PET recycling
capacity by
se t t ing up
a re c y c le d
polyester
staple fiber (PSF) manufacturing facility
in Andhra Pradesh.The move is part
of RIL’s commitment to lead the
S-based adhesives manufacturer HB markets for hygiene and packaging.” The industry on circular economy, enhance
UFuller has announced plans to build investment is expected to create jobs and its sustainability quotient and bolster
a production facility in Cairo, Egypt. allow HB Fuller to enhance its quality the entire polyester and polymer value
Scheduled to begin full production next and capacity in the region. The strategic chain. As a part of this endeavour,
year, the two-storey facility will serve investment comes after the company Srichakra Ecotex India will build
as a regional supply hub and centre of opened an office in Johannesburg, and operate exclusively for RIL the
excellence for manufacturing adhesives. South Africa, last year to expand its new recycled PSF – Recron Green
The facility will serve various industries, regional commercial presence. In April, Gold and PET flakes wash-line in
including the hygiene, packaging, HB Fuller introduced two compostable Andhra Pradesh, the company said in
labelling and paper converting markets, adhesive solutions, the Flextra Evolution a statement. RIL’s initiative to more
across Turkey, the Middle East and SF1000CP/XR2000CP and WB1200CP/ than double its recycling capacity to
Africa.Covering a 37,000m² total area, XR2200CP, for the flexible packaging 5 billion post-consumer PET bottles
the Cairo plant will be designed to meet market. The SF1000CP/XR2000CP is a will ensure India maintains over 90%
industry-leading sustainability standards. 2K solventless adhesive compatible with recycling rate, Vipul Shah, COO,
The proposed facility will be developed several biodegradable film substrates, Petrochemicals Business, RIL, said
at the CPC Industrial Park. HB Fuller including bar wrap and snack packaging. that the expansion of PET recycling
capacity was part of Mukesh Ambani’s
India, Middle East and Africa managing The WB1200CP/XR2200CP is a fully vision to transform company's legacy
director Harsh Gupta said: “Egypt has compostable, water-based two-part business into "sustainable, circular and
naturally become a main gateway to the system designed for paper-to-film net zero carbon materials business and
region and with the new plant, we will laminations. HB Fuller currently serves support the entrepreneurs to take risk
extend our current leadership in Egypt customers in more than 100 countries throughout the value chain".RIL has
and Turkey and grow our competitive worldwide. H.B. Fuller Company is a underwritten the entire production from
major American adhesives manufacturing
position across the emerging markets company supplying industrial adhesives Srichakra's facility to provide support
of the Middle East and Africa. “Our worldwide. Recently the copany for development of the business," he
expanded presence in Cairo, with a high- announced a strategic partnership with further said. RIL currently recycles PET
tech site designed with future growth in Covestro, one of the world’s largest bottles at its Barabanki, Hoshiarpur and
mind, allows us to double our production polymer suppliers, to deliver an adhesive Nagothane plants. The post-consumer
capacity and advance our technologies. with a reduced climate impact for the PET bottles are used as a raw material
“This investment represents our woodworking, composites, textiles and for manufacturing re-cycled polyester
commitment to better serving our automotive industries.The company has fiber. The fibers manufactured through
customer base in close proximity to been praise in ethical investment circles this process are branded as Recron
where they operate, for example, in the for careful handling of toxic waste. GreenGold.

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