Alpek
| Alpek
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| legal form | SAB de CV |
| ISIN | MX01AL0C0004 |
| founding | 1975 |
| Seat |
San Pedro , Mexico
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| management |
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| Number of employees | 4669 |
| sales | 86 billion Mex $ (3.3 billion euros ) |
| Branch | chemistry |
| Website | http://www.alpek.com/ |
| Status: 2014 | |
Alpek is a Mexican chemical company that belongs to Grupo Alfa . The company produces raw materials and petrochemicals ( terephthalic acid (PTA), dimethyl terephthalate (DMT), monoethylene glycol , caprolactam (CPL), ammonium sulphate ) as well as polymers based on them ( PP , EPS , polyester ). Alpek is one of the largest manufacturers in the world for polyesters ( PET and polyester fibers ).
Alpek was founded in 1975 through the merger of Polioles and Nylon de Mexico . 1977 Fibras químicas (today Akra) and Petrocel were taken over. In 2011, Alpek purchased the PET and PTA businesses from Eastman Chemical . In 2014 the company acquired all of BASF's EPS business activities in Latin America. In return, BASF has taken over Alpek's PU business.
Works
- Lerma de Villada , México (Glycole)
- Altamira , Tamaulipas (PTA, EPS, PP)
- Cosoleacaque , Veracruz (PTA, PET)
- Salamanca , Guanajuato (Caprolactam)
- Tlalnepantla , México (foam)
- Ocotlán , Jalisco (nylon)
- Monterrey , Nuevo León (polyester fibers)
- Zárate , Argentina (PET)
- Cooper River , South Carolina (PET, polyester fibers)
- Pearl River , Mississippi (PET)
- Columbia , South Carolina (PTA, PET)
- Fayetteville , North Carolina (PET)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b alpek.com: Our History. Retrieved June 26, 2020 .
- ↑ a b alpek.com: Management Team. Retrieved June 26, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Annual Report 2014 ( Memento from November 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF)
- ↑ Textile World: Eastman Sells PET, PTA Businesses To DAK Americas ( Memento from December 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Alpek and BASF sign agreements on EPS and PU business activities in North and South America , July 10, 2014
- ↑ Corporate Presentation , November 2011