Dhunseri Petrochem inaugurates second PET plant at Haldia

Dhunseri Petrochem & Tea has inaugurated the second PET plant of the company situated at Haldia on October 09, 2012. The second plant has a capacity of 2,10,000 TPA and together with the first PET plant with capacity of 2,00,000 TPA will take the total PET production capacity of the company to 4,10,000 TPA. With this expansion, the company’s PET production capacity is the largest in India.

The second PET plant has been executed in technical collaboration with Oerlikon Barmag of Germany as EPC contractor and process licensor. The project has been successfully commissioned this month. One half of the company's total PET resin output will go into domestic market in the country and the balance will be exported to earn about Rs 2000 crore of foreign exchange.

Dhunseri Petrochem & Tea is the flagship company of the Kolkata based Dhunseri group belonging to Dhanuka family. The company is engaged in cultivation, manufacture and sale of tea with 11 tea gardens (all of them located in and around Assam) and manufacturing of PET resins.