Patent ID: 7863407
Filing Date: 2011-01-04
Classification: C07C,C08G

Abstract:
1. In a process for making a PET container wherein: (a) terephthalic acid (TPA) is produced in a TPA facility; and (b) at least a portion of said TPA product is used to produce a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) product in a PET facility for manufacturing PET; and (c) at least a portion of said PET product is used to make containers in a container forming facility, wherein the distance between said TPA facility and said PET facility is less than about 2 miles, and the distance between said PET facility and said container forming facility is less than about 2 miles, and the temperature of said TPA product between production in said TPA facility and use in said PET facility is maintained above about 100° F.