Shahid Tondgoyan Petrochemical Company

The National Company of Petrochemical Industries, taking into account the expanding market for the consumption of these products inside and outside the country, as well as in order to fulfill part of its obligations in the second five-year plan of the Islamic Republic of Iran, implemented this plan with the following goals:

• Supplying raw materials for downstream units in the country’s textile and packaging industries and saving foreign exchange
• Reaching global markets and generating foreign exchange income
• Moving towards self-reliance and transfer of advanced technology
• Transfer of knowledge and training of specialized human resources
• Creating employment in downstream industries
• Helping the economic and social development of the country

Pure terephthalic acid

PTA is one of the most important raw materials for the production of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resins, the growth of its production and consumption in the world has been very impressive.

Polyethylene terephthalate

PET is one of the most important polyesters that can be used in the production of synthetic fibers and cotton for the textile industry, the production of all kinds of soft drink bottles, cans and containers used in the packaging of food, medicine and health products, as well as the production of plastic films, which is the growth trend of production and consumption. has an increasing

In addition to that, Shahid Tendgoyan Petrochemical Company (public stock) produces two important products, polyester yarn (POY) and staple polyester yarn (STAPLE).

The license of the PTA-1 project, which was launched in May 2004, is with Technimont, Italy.

The license of the PET-1 project, whose various units were launched in the years 1383 to 1385, is with Lorgi Zimmer, Germany.

The license of the PTA-2 project, which was launched in 1384, is with the MCC company of Japan, and the license of the PET-2 project, whose various units were increased in 1394 to 1398 and restarted, is with the Italy’s New Valsina company.

The STAPLE unit which was launched in 2008 is under the license of Newmag Germany and the POy unit which was launched in 2018 is under the license of Barmag Germany.

The nominal production capacity of this complex is more than one and a half million tons per year.