
Indorama Ventures Xylenes & PTA
Acquired in 2016
Indorama Ventures Xylenes & PTA (IVXP) is located in Decatur, Alabama. We acquired this facility from BP Amoco Chemical Company in April 2016. The IVXP Decatur facility manufactures purified terephthalic acid (PTA) and its raw material, paraxylene (PX) and provides raw materials to AlphaPET Inc., co-located business operation and to external customers worldwide. The facility is also the world’s only commercial manufacturer of naphthalene dicarboxylate (NDC). In 2018, the IVXP Decatur facility began manufacturing Purified Isophthalic Acid (PIA).
Type
Acquisition
Location
Decatur, Alabama, USA
Technology
BP Amoco BP Amoco (PTA, PX and NDC)
Indorama Ventures Indorama Ventures (PIA)
Capacity
PTA 745,000 tons per annum PX 720,000 tons per annum NDC 27,000 tons per annum PIA 220,000 tons per annum
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