Ester-Loop joint venture ELITe wins rPET supply deal with global sports brand

ELITe, a 50:50 joint venture of India's Ester Industries and Canada's Loop Industries, has secured an order to supply up to 15,000 tonnes of recycled PET resin to an undisclosed global sports and athletic brand. The material will come from a new chemical recycling plant under construction in the PCPIR Dahej region of Gujarat, being built at a cost of Rs 1,600 crore with 70,000 tonnes of annual capacity.

Why this mattersThe deal signals brand-owner demand for chemically recycled PET and gives Loop's depolymerisation technology its first major India-based commercial reference.

• ELITe is a 50:50 joint venture between Ester Industries and Loop Industries.
• The order covers up to 15,000 tonnes of recycled PET resin for a global sports and athletic brand not publicly named.
• The greenfield plant is being built in the PCPIR Dahej region of Gujarat, India.
• Investment in the chemical recycling plant is Rs 1,600 crore.
• The facility will have annual production capacity of 70,000 metric tonnes.
• The plant will use Loop Industries' depolymerization technology to convert polyester waste into DMT and MEG monomers.

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