{"id":175333,"date":"2026-04-08T07:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T05:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=175333"},"modified":"2026-03-31T13:54:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T11:54:36","slug":"res-acquires-pla-production-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/res-acquires-pla-production-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"RES acquires PLA production facility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

Recupero Etico Sostenibile (RES)\u00a0has acquired from\u00a0Petalo Due\u00a0a business unit comprising\u00a0a plant for the production of polylactic acid (PLA), together with the related machinery and equipment, contracts, certifications, trademarks, patents and operating permits required for the conduct of the business. The facility is located in Termoli (Campobasso, Italy), and the transaction was completed for a consideration of\u00a02.7 million euros, funded through the company\u2019s internal cash resources.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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\u00a9 RES S.p.A.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

The plant has an annual production capacity of 5,000 tonnes<\/strong> based on Sulzer technology<\/strong>, one of the world\u2019s leading suppliers of such solutions. According to current projections, it is expected to become operational in the fourth quarter of 2027<\/strong>, creating 20 new jobs<\/strong>. Once fully ramped up, from 2028 onwards it is expected to generate annual revenues of approximately 20-25 million euros<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PLA<\/strong>\u00a0is the polymer underpinning the production of\u00a0biodegradable and compostable plastics<\/strong>. It is\u00a0derived from a range of natural feedstocks<\/strong>, including sugar cane, sugar beet, maize, cassava, cellulose, algae and biomass, and is\u00a0used in a wide variety of applications<\/strong>\u00a0such as tableware, flacons, bottles and other items\u00a0manufactured using the main plastics processing technologies<\/strong>, from injection moulding to extrusion, from blow moulding to thermoforming, through to 3D printing.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Antonio Lucio Valerio. \u00a9 RES<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
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The transaction will enable RES to extend its operations across the entire recycling and bioplastics value chain and \u201cforms part of a clearly defined corporate strategy aimed at strengthening RES\u2019s position as a leading industrial player in the circular economy, environmental sustainability and green chemistry sectors, with a high degree of innovation, as a producer of polymers derived from renewable and natural sources,\u201d explained Antonio Lucio Valerio, CEO of RES<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Recupero Etico Sostenibile (RES)\u00a0has acquired from\u00a0Petalo Due\u00a0a business unit comprising\u00a0a plant for the production of polylactic acid (PLA), together with the related machinery and equipment, contracts, certifications, trademarks, patents and operating permits required for the conduct of the business. The facility is located in Termoli (Campobasso, Italy), and the transaction was completed for a consideration […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":175350,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"PLA is\u00a0derived from a range of natural feedstocks and is\u00a0used in a wide variety of applications, from injection moulding to extrusion, from blow moulding to thermoforming, through to 3D printing","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[11270,5838,5847,12239,20929],"supplier":[27761,27762],"class_list":["post-175333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-biodegradability","tag-bioeconomy","tag-bioplastics","tag-compostability","tag-polylacticacid","supplier-petalo-due-s-r-l","supplier-res-group"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175333"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175364,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175333\/revisions\/175364"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175333"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=175333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}