Fibres, monomers, and resins company DAK Americas LLC has announced it will increase its polyester staple fibre (PSF) capacity by 230 million lbs per year at its Pearl River site in St Louis, Mississippi, in a bid to meet growing demand in the Americas.
The new fibre project will commence in the second half of 2016, and production will focus on lower denier (< 3.0 denier) fibres, but will have the capability to produce fibre products from 0.9 to 9.0 denier.