POINTERS
Lurgi Zimmer: A 50-year old success story
Process plant contractor Lurgi Zimmer AG (D-60388 Frankfurt), a specialist in polyester polycondensation plants using the company´s own continuous proprietary technology, is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its founding. Today it leads the list with installed worldwide capacities for 8m t/y of polyester polymer and a 25% market share, as well as for polyamide 6 with a market share of 20%. Largest geographical market for the past 20 years market has been Asia, led by China. In Yinzheng, the world´s largest polyester polycondensation plant – built by Zimmer – operates with a capacity of 540,000 t/y.
21.09.2000 Plasteurope.com [17162]
Published on 21.09.2000