Present
Nowadays, Cumapol processes virgin and recycled polyesters for many producers and customers from the PET industry. We are continuously improving our Custom-Made Polyesters based on mechanical recycling. With the start of exploring chemical recycling and the...
2019
Cumapol, DSM-Niaga, DuFor and Morssinkhof launch CuRe Polyester Recycling Technology: a major step in low energy and local polyester recycling. Our goal is to recycle used polyester in polyester suitable for high demanding applications like carpets, textile...
2018
Cumapol has installed a Tumble Dryer in which batches of 20 tons can be upcycled. This Tumble Dryer will facilitate the in-house crystallisation, drying and/or post-condensation of even more products in smaller volumes.
2017
We invested in a new viscosity and color meter and a quality control database. Also a compounding and extrusion pilot plant is added to the R&D facility. With this new extrusion pilot plant, we can develop more high-value polyester specialties from recycled,...
2016
In 2016 Cumapol and BioBTX started co-operating in the development of Biobased PET made from biomass. The 100% Biobased cosmetic PET containers presented in September 2016 are a first success in this development.
2013
In 2013 Cumapol invested in a twin screw extruder and the production of EcoClear was restarted. Cumapol was now able to process clean bottle flakes into valuable products for the packaging industry. Due to extensive product development efforts and the...
2010
In 2010 Cumapol took over the factory, the first step was to start-up both SSP lines after some small investments in improving the flexibility to be able to run special PET grades in batches. After the successful start, the switch was made to run one SSP line...
2007
In 2007 the facility was taken over by Sun Capital and renamed to Init Polymers. Unfortunately in 2008 the company went bankrupt.
2000
In 2000 a start is made with the development and production of PET specialties.
1996
In 1996 the production facility was bought by Wellman, the US based, at that time the second largest PET producer and the largest PET recycler. In 1996 the recycling and the virgin production technologies are combined and EcoClear was introduced as one of the...
1985
Cumapol is the former Akzo polyester fiber production site. In 1985 the first SSP line was built to produce standard bottle grade. In 1995, the second SSP was built to fully convert the fiber lines to production lines of bottle grade.
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