Diab Group to expand PET core capacity in China
Expanded operations are expected to begin in 2021 and include a PET structural foam production line in the existing Diab Zhangjiagang facilities.
Source | Diab Group
Specializing in advanced sandwich composite solutions, the Diab Group (Laholm, Sweden) announced on May 20 its investment in new PET structural foam capacity to support growing demand for core materials in the wind energy sector in China.
The expansion is expected to be in operation by the end of 2021 and includes the construction of a PET structural foam production line in the existing facilities of Diab Zhangjiagang. There, the new production line will produce Diab's range of Divinycell PET products, designed to help reduce the cost in wind rotor blade manufacturing.
“The investment in China is the consequence of several multiyear contracts signed with China-based wind OEMs over the last couple of months” says Tobias Hahn, CEO at Diab Group. “The plan is to start supplying the local Chinese market from the new extruder in the fourth quarter 2021.”
The China investment is the fifth in a series of investments for production of PET core foam with locations in the U.S., Sweden, India and the upgrading of an existing production line in Italy.
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