Armacell, METYX Composites establish joint business opportunity for Turkish composite market
Armacelle to supply PET-based foam for METYX core kitting operations for wind turbine manufacturing, and install a PET foaming line in Turkey, its seventh line globally.
Armacell (Münster, Germany), a global leader in flexible foam for the equipment insulation market and a provider of engineered foams, announced on April 13 that it is pursuing discussions with METYX Composites (Istanbul, Turkey), a manufacturer of high-performance technical textiles, to jointly serve the Turkish composite manufacturing market.
The collaboration will provide the local production of Armacell’s PET-based foam products supply to METYX’s core kitting operations and distribution. Armacell says it has a long expertise in developing and manufacturing innovative and environmentally friendly PET foam solutions, and METYX reportedly excells in the production of high-performance technical fabric products.
Armacell will install a new PET foam production line, the seventh of its kind, close to the METYX kitting facility in the Manisa area, Western Turkey. Locally manufactured PET foams are made by Armacell’s patented rPET processing technology enabling high-performance, cost-effective and sustainable PET foam core materials based on 100% recycled PET.
