La Seda subsidiary starts test runs at new Portuguese PTA plant / Full production expected to begin in Q4 2011

摘要

La Seda de Barcelona (Barcelona / Spain; www.laseda.es) subsidiary Artlant PTA (Sines / Portugal; www.artlantpta. com) began the process of commissioning its new 700,000 t/y PTA plant in Sines / Portugal in the last week of July. The plant's foundation stone was first laid in 2008, when the group was still known as Artenius Sines. Since then, the company has invested more than EUR 500m into making the project a reality.