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Eastman Chemical Co. is expanding specialty copolyester
production as the firm marks
the 10th anniversary of its Tritan-brand copolyester.
Kingsport, Tenn.-based Eastman will increase capacity by
25 percent for glycol-modified
PET and PCTG copolyesters at
its plant in Kingsport, officials
said at a May 8 press event at
NPE2018. Those materials are
sold under the Eastar, Spectar
and Aspira trade names.
Eastman's copolyester portfolio "is well-positioned to enhance
quality of life around global macrotrends," said Burt Capel, specialty plastics vice president and
general manager. He declined to
say how much Eastman was investing in the capacity expansion.
Tritan has been one of the
most successful plastics product
launches of the last decade. The
material has found uses in many
markets, including sports bottles,
blender jars, durable housewares
and medical devices. Tritan is
known for its clarity, durability
and chemical resistance.
Eastman also confirmed May 8
that it completed an expansion of
capacity for the material in Kingsport.
"The Tritan platform of products continues to see strong global adoption with an increasing
footprint of applications that rec-

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ognize the robust performance
of our polymer," Capel said in a
statement.
"This additional copolyester
expansion positions Eastman
to meet the increasing demand
we're seeing for our copolyester
materials around the world."
At the event, Courtland Jenkins, specialty plastics business
director, said the firm also is seeing growth for MXF-brand copolyesters in medical devices, particularly those that are cleaned
repeatedly with chemical solutions.
Paul Anderson, specialty plastics Americas sales director,
added that new applications are
growing for its Treva, Embrace
and Eastobond materials.
Treva is an engineering bioplastic that has 45 percent biocontent
and "is raising the bar for what
bioplastics can achieve," Anderson said.
Treva has excellent chemical
resistance and can compete with
polycarbonate and PC/ABS in
some applications, he added. Eastobond is finding markets in PET
trays and food packaging.
Eastman is a global specialty
plastics and chemicals firm with
annual sales of about $9.5 billion.
The firm employs around 14,000
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