Egyptian company Egyptian Ethylene and Derivatives Co (ETHYDCO) beginning in Europe to implement the polyethylene (PE) at its new plant in Alexandria (Alexandria, Egypt), ICIS reported, citing a source in the company.

The plant began production of PE in July this year, and in late August, started to export it in several countries in Europe and North America. Two plants with a total capacity of 200 ths. Tons of polyethylene per year and produce ethylene, propylene and butadiene.

According to market sources said the producer from the new plant will supply LLDPE (LDL), high density polyethylene (HDPE) – a film, blow molding, pipe.

As reported earlier MRC, EIPET, a large Egyptian producer of polyester products and polyethylene terephthalate (PET), has not yet resumed production of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) in the new plant in Ain Sokhna (Ain Sokhna, Egypt). This plant consists of two lines for the production of PET capacity of 225 thous. Tons per year each. The first line is the start of production in January 2014, but was closed in April of this year due to economic problems. The second line of PET was to begin its work about a month later, but the launch was postponed due to the low demand in the market and then further postponed several times. Construction of the second line has been completed, but the production on it has not yet started.