Ravago Turkey to expand EPS capacity in 2018
by ChemOrbis Editorial Team - content@chemorbis.com
According to a company source, Ravago Turkey plans to expand its EPS production capacity in Aliaga, Izmir by next year. The company will invest €6.5 million to upgrade its plant in order to ramp up its capacity to around 200,000 tons/year from the current 132,000 tons/year once the project is completed.
As a part of the expansion, Ravago Turkey will modernize the whole facility, said the source. The capacity expansion is expected to be completed in June-July, 2018, meanwhile.
Ravago Turkey is the first domestic EPS producer of Turkey, while the company ranks as the second largest producer in Europe with a total production capacity of 285,000 tons/year with plants operating in Turkey, Greece and Germany.
As a part of the expansion, Ravago Turkey will modernize the whole facility, said the source. The capacity expansion is expected to be completed in June-July, 2018, meanwhile.
Ravago Turkey is the first domestic EPS producer of Turkey, while the company ranks as the second largest producer in Europe with a total production capacity of 285,000 tons/year with plants operating in Turkey, Greece and Germany.
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