Gurit closes Valplastic acquisition

Gurit says it has successfully closed its acquisition of Valplastic Srl’s polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycling production facilities, based in in Italy. 

Gurit Italy PET Recycling Srl will now supply the company’s existing PET core production with recycled PET flakes and granules used for extrusion.

‘Gurit has now secured quality and cost effective raw material supplies and extended its value chain from the recycled bottle down to a finished quality core kit for the wind blade making OEMs,’ a press release said.

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