Indorama Ventures
Indorama Ventures is a producer of intermediate petrochemicals industry, the world's largest producer of PET resins, and a manufacturer of wool yarns established by Aloke Lohia in Bangkok in 1994.
History
IVL commenced business operations in 1994 with the establishment of the first worsted wool yarn producer in Thailand.In 1995, IVL established its first PET resin facility in Thailand.
It expanded into North America in 2003 by acquiring a StarPet facility, and into Europe in 2006, by establishing a PET facility under the company Orion Global.
In 2008, the company acquired Tuntex Thailand, the largest polyester fiber producer in Thailand. In 2009, merged its polyester operations into Tuntex and renamed the combined entity Indorama Polyester Industries.
IVL became a public company on September 25, 2009. it was owned 99.99% by Canopus International, which is owned by Aloke Lohia and his immediate family and Sri Prakash Lohia and his immediate family.
In the first half of 2011, IVL completed further acquisitions of PET plants in China, Indonesia, Mexico, Poland and the USA, and became the world's largest PET producer.
In November 2011, it acquired the PET and Polyester fibers recycling businesses of Wellman International in Europe, and in January 2012, IVL acquired FiberVisions Holdings, a manufacturer of specialty mono and bicomponent fibers based in Duluth, Georgia, USA.
As of February 2021, IVL was the market leader in PET in the US,
and the largest polyester fiber producer in Thailand.