After commissioning another extrusion line, film producer Evertis Ibérica (Portalegre / Portugal; www.evertis.com) has raised its production capacity by 10,000 t/y. The cast film line is capable of producing PET film with a thickness of 80 µm onward, and includes optical control systems, an automatic regulation of film thickness, inline lamination as well as both cutting and automatic winding systems.

Evertis hopes the investment will allow it to launch new applications and enter new market segments. The company has adopted an ambitious growth strategy, with the goal of becoming Europe’s second largest PET film producer.

Evertis Ibérica’s 190 employees posted sales of about EUR 61m in 2013. Aside from two smaller production sites in Monterrey / Mexico and Curitiba / Brazil, it also operates a range of sales offices across Europe. Total group sales came to EUR 103m in 2013.

The affiliate of Selenis (Portalegre / Portugal; www.selenis.com) operates a PET line in Portalegre, which for some time was also part of the meanwhile insolvent La Seda – see Plasteurope.com of 01.07.2011. Aside from the PET line in Portugal – which Plasteurope.com’s Polyglobe capacity database (www.polyglobe.net) shows can turn out 62,500 t/y – Selenis also operates a 150,000 t/y plant in Canada.

Last year Selenis also acquired the former La Seda plant in San Giorgio di Nogaro / Italy (see Plasteurope.com of 28.07.2014). Reports indicate that the site is currently being revamped to produce “Genius” speciality PET grades for food and pharmaceutical film of the type also manufactured by Evertis. Together with Selenis, the latter constitutes the IMG Group, which is headed by the Matos Gil family and posted sales of EUR 521m in 2013.