PET bottle demand has been growing rapidly, especially since 1996 when 500ml bottle for soft drinks was supplied. In 2002, consumption reached to 430,000 tons, and 85% was for soft drinks. These collected PET bottles are processed to flakes or pellets by recycling plants.

Oude Technology contributes to PET bottle recycling as a number one supplier of large capacity recycling plants. However, The market of current applications, mainly textile, was saturated in 2002. The volume of recycled PET is predicted to keep increasing, so, new applications must be developed. Applications other than textile use are necessary to recycle the increasing volume of collected PET bottles.